Orange County Leans Purple in Shift for California Republicans
- Democrats lead or win in five of seven congressional districts
- Election signals continued trouble for GOP in the state
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The mood was downright sober at Skosh Monahan’s, the Costa Mesa, California, pub where Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher had hoped to host his victory party.
One of California’s last GOP strongholds, Orange County, shows signs of cracking to trends prevalent elsewhere in the state. After Tuesday’s election, Democratic candidates are leading or have won in five of the seven congressional districts whose boundaries include all or part of the county.