Orange County voters preferred Republican candidates in the governor’s cabinet and U.S. Senate in the Nov. 8 election, while most of the state voted for their Democratic opponents.
Out of nearly 22 million registered California voters, about 9.6 million—43 percent—voted, according to unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s office. The state has about 1.7 million uncounted ballots as of 4:02 p.m. on Nov. 17.