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Orange County Board of Supervisors seats first Democratic majority in decades

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For the first time since Gerald Ford was president, an election has turned control of the Orange County Board of Supervisors over to the Democratic Party.

It marks the latest shift in a county so famously conservative that former President Reagan once described it as “where the good Republicans go before they die.”

Since 2018’s “blue wave” sweep, Democrats have held onto a majority of congressional seats in Orange County. Now, they are staking claim to county government. Democratic leaders are vowing change.

“With a Democratic majority, we can help improve public health in areas that have been neglected,” said Ada Briceño, chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County. “We can address the unhoused in a better, more compassionate way.”

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