Orange County Education Board Incumbents Lead Race

Ken Williams and Tim Shaw already claimed victory. Results will be certified on or before April 2.

(L-R) The Orange County Board of Education trustees Tim Shaw, Lisa Sparks, Jorge Valdes, Mari Barke, Ken Williams, and the county Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares during a meeting at the Orange County Department of Education in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Aug. 17, 2022. Micaela Ricaforte/The Epoch Times

The Orange County Education Board’s three incumbents are leading in unofficial results in the March 5 primary election.

Trustee Jorge Valdes, an attorney who was appointed to the board in August 2022 after former Trustee Beckie Gomez resigned due to a conflict of interest, is leading the race for Trustee Area 1—which covers Tustin, Santa Ana, Fountain Valley, and Garden Grove—with 59 percent of the vote, per the latest update from the Orange County registrar recorder March 8 at 6:30 p.m.