Me again before my time runs out.
Some may remember that freshman Congresswoman Gloria Negrette McLeod gave up a safe Democrat seat in Congress to run for San Bernardino County Supervisor so she could govern more locally. Well, she lost to a local state Assemblyman. Most didn’t see that coming.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors have two potential rising Republican stars. Michelle Park Steele was elected to represent the northwestern part of the county by a wide margin, the first Supervisor of Korean ancestry. It also has its first Supervisor of Japanese ancestry in Lisa Bartlett (I don’t know her maiden name), but I’m not certain of Bartlett’s conservatism (she had labor union backing for the nominally non-partisan office and her opponent was also a Republican).
“Gloria Negrette McLeod “
Haha. She saw “permanent minority” writing on the wall and wanted to go local so should matter.