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These are the first results posted by the Orange County Registrar of Voters, based on vote-by-mail ballots.
As of this first round, voter turnout is 14% and 253,344 vote-by-mail ballots have been counted. There are 1,809,773 registered voters in the County of Orange.
Orange County Breeze will publish an update tomorrow morning.
34th District
| Candidate | # | % |
| Tom Umberg (D) | 21,851 | 61.88% |
| Rhonda Shader (R) | 13,463 | 38.12% |
36th District
| Candidate | # | % |
| Janet Nguyen (R) | 44,548 | 51.07% |
| Kim Carr (D) | 42,675 | 48.93% |
About California’s Top-Two or Open Primary
According to the Orange County Registrar of Voters:
This means that a voter could cast his/her vote for any candidate, regardless of what party preference the voter indicated on his/her voter registration form. Only the two candidates receiving the most votes – regardless of party preference – would then go to the General Election ballot, regardless of vote totals. Even if a candidate received a majority of the vote (50 percent + 1), he/she must be in a run-off in the General Election. And, even if there were only two candidates in the open primary, a General Election is still required.
