Mailbag: Readers weigh in on local elections
LA TimesThe city of Huntington Beach has spoken. Peter Anderson Huntington Beach Many in the Surf City community already sickened by the political “red tide” which swept into our hometown in 2022 were even further impacted by the partisan “red wave” which washed through our local elections this month. Tim Geddes Huntington Beach I check the Orange County vote several times a day to see if local Democrats can pull a little dignity out of the voting results. Democrats have so far tied with Republicans in the House of Representatives as well as the State Assembly, but closer to home, conservatives won the Newport Beach City Council as well as holding a lead in Huntington Beach. And while five of the six contestants in the Newport Beach City Council race were most likely Republican, the races for the three districts were particularly undignified.