2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors election

The 2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors elections was on June 5, 2018 as part of the primary election on June 5, 2018. Three of the five seats of the Orange County, California Board of Supervisors were up for election.

Orange County Board of Supervisors elections, 2018

June 5 and November 6, 2018

3 of 5 seats to the Orange County Board of Supervisors
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 5 0
Seats before 5 0
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 4 1
Seat change 1 1

  Republican hold
  Democratic gain
  No election

County elections in California are officially nonpartisan. A two-round system will be used for the election, starting with the first round in June; followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates in each district. Runoffs are only held if no candidate receives a majority in each district.

Summary of results

  • Note: All elections for the Orange County Board of Supervisors are officially nonpartisan. The parties below identify which party label each candidate would have run under if given the option. Candidates all appear on the ballot as nonpartisan.

Percent of seats by party

Board of Equalization seats
Republican
80.0%
Democratic
20.0%

Summary of results by county supervisorial district

  • For districts not displayed, there is no election until 2020.
Board of Equalization District Incumbent Party Elected Supervisor Party
2nd Michelle Steel Republican Michelle Steel Republican
4th Shawn Nelson Republican Doug Chaffee Democratic
5th Lisa Bartlett Republican Lisa Bartlett Republican

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. County Supervisorial district 4, 0.8%

District 2

District 2 consists of coastal Orange County, including Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Cypress, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, most of Fountain Valley, and neighborhoods in southern Buena Park.

Endorsements

Michelle Steel
U.S. Representatives

[1]

Brendon Perkins
Organizations
  • Community Action fund of Planned Parenthood
  • Democratic Party of Orange County
  • Orange County Labor Federation

[2]

Results

2018 Orange County's 2nd supervisorial district general election results by congressional district
Orange County Board of Supervisors 2nd district, 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Michelle Steel (incumbent) 80,854 63.4
Nonpartisan Brendon Perkins 31,387 24.6
Nonpartisan Michael Mahony 15,281 12.0
Total votes 127,522 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

District 4 consists of inland northwestern Orange County, taking in Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, Brea, western Anaheim, and most of Buena Park. Incumbent Shawn Nelson retired to run for California's 39th congressional district.[4]

Endorsements

Tim Shaw
U.S. Representatives
  • Ed Royce, U.S. Representative from California (R-CA-39)

[5]

Results

2018 Orange County's 4th supervisorial district general election initial round results by congressional district
Orange County Board of Supervisors 4th district, 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Tim Shaw 18,171 20.6
Nonpartisan Doug Chaffee 18,093 20.5
Nonpartisan Joe Kerr 17,717 20.1
Nonpartisan Lucille Kring 15,347 17.4
Nonpartisan Rose Espinoza 10,397 11.8
Nonpartisan Cynthia Aguirre 8,419 9.6
Total votes 88,141 100.0

Results

2018 Orange County's 4th supervisorial district general election runoff results by congressional district
Orange County Board of Supervisors 4th district runoff, 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Doug Chaffee 76,859 50.4
Nonpartisan Tim Shaw 75,537 49.6
Total votes 152,396 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 5

District 5 encompasses southern Orange County, including Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Beach, San Clemente, and Dana Point.

Results

2018 Orange County's 5th supervisorial district general election results by congressional district
Orange County Board of Supervisors 5th district, 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Lisa Bartlett (incumbent) 113,567 100.0
Total votes 113,567 100.0
Republican hold

References

Official campaign websites of second district candidates
Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates
Official campaign websites of fifth district candidates
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