Commentary
The demographics of Orange County are certainly changing. This once conservative stronghold is moving from a strong red to a shade of purple. So, when someone does something that can move it to blue and those individuals are in the Republican Party, others are bound to react or intervene. And in the past week the family fight went to Republican insiders, with shots being fired from all directions.
Let me set the table. The Republican Party of Orange County prematurely endorsed Diane Harkey for Fifth District Supervisor in October of last year. A month later the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved the new supervisorial maps, a requirement performed every ten years to reflect population and groups of interest movement. The Fifth District changed dramatically, with the cities of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach moving back into it after being in the Second District for the past twenty years.
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