FULLERTON, Calif.—Candidates vying to become the next district attorney (DA) for Orange County faced off in a public forum May 4 hosted by the North Orange County Bar Association.
The debate, at Elk’s Lodge in Fullerton, will be the only event with all four candidates present running for office, including current OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer, business owner Pete Hardin, federal attorney Bryan Chehock, and former deputy district attorney Michael Jacobs.
The candidates were asked a variety of questions, with Spitzer and Hardin appearing to disagree the most on issues. The three men vying for Spitzer’s seat often used the questions to attack Spitzer’s first term in office, with Spitzer defending the work he has done in his first term when he was elected in 2019.
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