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A March 9 special election to fill an open seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors is heating up, with five candidates having qualified to run by the Jan. 25 filing deadline.
But the real battle could be between three Republican contenders whose campaigns are already clashing as they seek endorsements that threaten to split the GOP vote.
Former state Sen. John Moorlach who previously served as a 2nd District supervisor from 2006 to 2015 secured the backing of the Republican Party of Orange County more than a month before outgoing supervisor Michelle Steel retired and was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.