As Michelle Steel prepares to abandon her Orange County Board of Supervisors (OCBS) seat for higher office, her colleagues are weighing in on her replacement. Steel will retire from the OCBS Jan. 3, when she assumes the role of congresswoman for California’s 48th District. A by-election to fill her vacancy will likely happen in March. A number of veteran politicians are in the running to take the District 2 seat, including former Sen. John Moorlach, who sat on the board from 2006 to 2015.  Other Republican candidates include Huntington Beach Councilmember Mike Posey and Newport Beach Councilmember Mike Muldoon. Democratic Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley is also in the running. District 4 Supervisor Doug Chaffee, the only Democrat at the table, said party politics don’t come into consideration on the board, which he described as nonpartisan. However, he added, other issues are more worthy of consideration. “I just want somebody …