2 Conservative Orange Unified Trustees Officially Recalled

Rick Ledesma and Madison Miner got the boot. The recall campaign thanked voters for ‘choosing competence over chaos.’

Orange Unified School Board President Rick Ledesma speaks at a board meeting in Orange, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2023. Mei Lee/The Epoch Times

Two Orange County school board trustees, who sparked controversy for their conservative stances, have been officially removed from their seats on the Orange Unified School District board.

According to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, 53 percent of voters during the March 5 election approved the removal of Madison Miner from the board, as did 54 percent for the removal of Rick Ledesma, the board’s former president.