Hear from Congresswoman Michelle Steel on April 22 in Clubhouse 2
REPUBLICAN CLUB
by Brian Harmon
LW contributor
Congresswoman Michelle Steel will be the keynote speaker on for the LW Republican Club’s “Meet the Candidates, 2022” on Friday, April 22, in Clubhouse 2 at noon. All residents are invited to attend and learn about the many Republican candidates who will be present, including U.S. congressional candidates Scott Baugh and Amy Pham West, State Senate candidate Assemblywoman Janet Nguyen, Assembly candidate Diane Dixon, OC School Board President Mari Barke, OC Superintendent of Public Education candidate Jeff Barke, State Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Lance Christensen, and candidates for OC Superior Court.
Dixon spent 40 years in the private sector as a business executive before being elected to the Newport Beach City Council in 2014. She is serving her second term as mayor and has served as the chair of the Water Quality and Tidelands Committee and as chair of the Finance Committee.
Dixon has actively engaged city residents by holding more than 30 town hall meetings, working closely with local business owners and residents to solve community problems, and initiating numerous neighborhood and community improvement programs.
Nguyen, in her capacity as state representative, as well as her previous service in the State Senate and the Orange County Board of Supervisors, has represented most of the voters of this newly drawn Senate District 36 for 18 years.
“I am excited about being able to represent this new district that includes additional coastal communities,” Nguyen said. “I will continue to fight in Sacramento to protect taxpayers, increase public safety and improve the business climate through conservative principles of limited government.”
Nguyen received top ratings from California’s leading taxpayer groups and small business organizations, including the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and California Taxpayers Association.
Baugh has a long list of accomplishments, including: California Assembly Republican Leader, 1999-2000; California Assemblyman, representing Orange County; chairman, Orange County Republican Party; chairman for the OC Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership; board member on the George T. Pfleger Foundation, which helps fund environmental research and other projects from health matters to drug addiction; founding trustee of Pacifica Christian High School of Orange County, serving the communities of Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach; founding chairman for the Institute for Fair Elections; and founding chairman of the OC Marathon Foundation. He is also a founding board member of Angel Force USA (Suicide Prevention for Veterans).
The LW Republican Club has endorsed the following Superior Court candidates: OC Assistant District Attorney Christopher Duff, Seat 9; Andrea Mader, Seat 30; and Steve McGreevy, Seat 33.All three are scheduled to attend the rally.
The LW Republican Club also proudly endorsed Mari Barke and Jeff Barke. Both have consistently supported parents and staff who want to form charter schools to provide greater opportunities for students whose needs can be better met by a school that specializes in a particular area of interest, such as the arts, science or vocational studies.
