My Blog Post from 2022 goes into much more detail, but here are resources to help you research candidates and propositions to make informed decisions, plus my personal picks and reasoning below …
Remember that in California, its an Open (Jungle) Primary, which means the top two vote-getters in the following races move on to the General Election in November, regardless of party affiliation:
– U.S. Representative
– U.S. Senator
– State Senator
– State Assembly Member
Please keep this in mind. Sometimes it may be necessary to vote for a lesser but still conservative candidate that can prevent two leftists from getting through.
And, whenever possible, please vote in person on Election Day!
RESOURCES
Election Forum – Craig Huey
ElectionForum.org
Judge Voter Guide – Craig Huey
JudgeVoterGuide.com/by-state-judge-races
Nancy’s Picks – Nancy Sandoval
NancysPicks.com
Robyn Nordell
RobynNordell.com
Biblical Voter – Salt & Light Council (Dran Reese)
BiblicalVoter.com
MyFaithVotes – Jason Yates
MyFaithVotes.org
Reform California – Carl DeMaio “Plain English” Voter Guide (w/o deceptive titles)
https://reformcalifornia.org/voter-guides
iVoterGuide & Party Platform Comparisons – emailed out by FRC Action (Tony Perkins)
iVoterGuide.com
FRCaction.org/platforms
Real Impact Voter Guides – Gina Gleason (affiliated w/ Jack Hibbs/CC Chino Hills)
intercom.help/real-impact/en/articles/3616838-voter-guides
RealImpact.US
My 2024 Picks for Irvine, California (Orange County)
President of the United States
– Donald J. Trump
Member, County Central Committee, 73rd Assembly District
– Scotty Peotter
– Christina L. Shea
– Jennye Bigelow
NOTE: Since there are 15 candidates running, tactically I’m voting for only 3 instead of 6 here to give each of the above the best opportunity to win. These are the team that will help us take back control of our Republican Party. I will likely run for this office in 2028 and would appreciate your vote then.
United States Senator – Full Term
– Steve Garvey
NOTE: I believe Sharleta Bassett is the best America First conservative candidate, but I am concerned about preventing both Adam Schiff and Katie Porter from being the top two vote getters in this race. From the polling I’ve seen, I believe Steve Garvey can beat Katie Porter and keep her from moving on to the General Election.
United States Senator – Partial/Unexpired Term
– Steve Garvey
NOTE: Sharleta Bassett is not a candidate in this race.
United States Representative
– Max Ukropina
NOTE: While Scott Baugh appears to be favored, I believe Max is the best America First conservative candidate. I believe he can beat Scott Baugh in this race and be one of the top two vote-getters. I fully support Max Ukropina.
State Senator – 37th District
– Crystal Miles
NOTE: I would normally vote for Steven Choi here (a solid, proven conservative), but he has been in politics a long time, so I’m voting for new blood. As far as America First conservatives, it appears that Crystal Miles is a better choice over Guy Selleck, but Guy Selleck appears to be a good choice as well. The problem here is that having too many Republican choices in the Primary splits votes and makes it hard for any of them to win against the incumbent Democrat, Josh Newman. I would like to see Steven Choi and Guy Selleck drop out immediately and endorse Crystal Miles. As a party, this is the way we need to work together as a team if we are going to remove the leftists and vote in America First conservatives.
Member of the State Assembly – 73rd District
– Scotty Peotter
Judge of the Superior Court
– Office No. 3 – Jason Baez
– Office No. 16 – Binh Dang
– Office No. 35 – Whitney Bosky
NOTE: I did not personally research each judge, but relied on the ranking system provided by JudgeVoterGuide.com above. NONE of these judges is a strong, strict Constitutional constructionist. They all rank only 3 stars out of 5. They are unfortunately the best of the worst. You can understand why we have such ridiculous rulings in our courts when so many judges are activists and don’t hold to traditional interpretation of the Constitution.
Proposition 1
– NO
NOTE: I urge all taxpayers to vote NO on ALL bond measures. These debt issues are just a hidden tax increase. Instead, let’s require some fiscal responsibility. If this is an important project, cut something else to afford to pay for it.
Measure D – City of Irvine
– NO
NOTE: There are mixed opinions on this. It would increase the number of city council members from 4 to 6 plus a mayor. It would also divide the city into 6 “districts” and the residents of each district would only be allowed to vote for their 1 city council rep that reps their specific district, plus the mayor. Right now, every Irvine resident no matter where we live, gets to vote for all 4 members plus the mayor. There is discussion that the result of splitting into districts is that it would create separation lines based a lot on race, plus it severely limits city residents from being able to vote for more than one city council member that represents their values. That’s why I’m voting NO.
These are my thoughts and reasoning. I welcome to hear from you if you have a different opinion.
May God go before us and protect these elections from fraud!