2026 PRIMARY Elections for California (Shutterstock).

From a staff writer

Candidates from West Orange County cities had mixed results in Tuesday’s primary elections.

Some hopefuls did well enough to advance to the general election in November. Here are the results from the California Secretary of State’s tallies. In some cases the districts cover not just Orange County, but also include parts of Los Angeles County.

In California’s electoral system, the top two candidates in each race – regardless of party – qualify for the final “runoff” in November. In some instances, it’s possible that the “finalists” could be of the same party.

Locally relevant results as of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
• 45th Congressional District: Derek Tran (Democrat-incumbent) is leading with 52.3 percent of the vote, followed by Republican Chuong Vo (14.8) percent and Chi “Charlie” Nguyen (Republican) with 12.1 percent.
Nguyen is the mayor of West minster. Amy Phan West (Republican) is a member of the Westminster City Council: she’s last with 4.8 percent.

• 46th Congressional District: Lou Correa (Democrat-incumbent) is leading with 51.5 percent, followed by David Pan (Republican) with 35.7 percent and Christian Mendez (Democrat) with 6.5 percent).

• 55th State Senate District: Tony Strickland (Republican) is leading by 53.9 percent, followed by Chris Duncan (Democrat) with 46.1 percent.

• 70th State Assembly District: Tri Ta (Republican-incumbent) is leading with 55.8 percent, followed by Paula Swift (Democrat) with 44.2 percent.

• California Attorney General: Rob Bonta (Democrat-incumbent) is leading with 53.3 percent, followed by Michael Gates (Republican) with 42.1 percent and Majorie Mikels (Green) with 4.7 percent. Gates is the former city attorney for Huntington Beach.

For complete (and up-to-date) results, go to: https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/contests/statewide .