Election Results for County Seats: 2 New Supes and Assessor Gets the Boot

Board of Equalization member Michelle Steel will be joining the Orange County Board of Supervisors, replacing termed-out Second District Supervisor John Moorlach.

Steel defeated Assemblyman Allan R. Mansoor on Tuesday, although Mansoor had been endorsed by Moorlach.

Meanwhile, in the Fifth District, Dana Point Mayor Lisa Bartlett defeated Laguna Niguel City Councilman Robert Ming and will succeed termed-out Supervisor Patricia Bates, who easily defeated Gary Kephart for state Senate in the 36th District.

Another opening on the board was created Tuesday with the election of Supervisor Janet Nguyen to the state Senate.

Webster Guillory, who was seeking re-election as county assessor while facing charges of filing false nominations papers, was defeated by Claude Parrish, a former chairman of the state Board of Equalization.

Guillory has denied the charges, with his attorney chalking it up to a mistake that was not illegal. The preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for Nov. 24.

--City News Service

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