Yorba Linda voters choose all Republicans for partisan offices in June 2018 primary save one: Democrat Diane Feinstein for Senate

Alone among north county cities, Yorba Linda voters chose Republicans over Democrats in all partisan races on the June primary ballot save one – they joined voters in Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma and Placentia in giving a plurality of votes to Senator Diane Feinstein.

Vote leaders in Yorba Linda included John Cox for governor and GOP contenders for lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, controller, treasurer, insurance commissioner and Board of Equalization member.

From one to four Democrats topped the tally for statewide offices in the other north county cities, while most gave wins to Republicans Phillip Chen for state Assembly and Young Kim to replace Ed Royce in Congress. Democrat Gil Cisneros, who will face Kim in November, won La Habra.

Three Yorba Linda residents hoping to oust Chen from his position, Melissa Fazli, James Gerbus and Scott Lebda, placed third through fifth, respectively. Democrat Gregg Fritchle, who ran second, will challenge Chen for the seat in November in his fifth try for the job.

Incumbent Chen's 55^th Assembly District includes Yorba Linda, Brea, La Habra and Placentia, while Royce's 39^th Congressional District includes all north county cities except La Palma. Both districts also include cities in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Recall of state Senator Josh Newman won in all seven cities, but Yorba Linda voters gave the recall a 64 percent majority, while the margin in the other cities ranged from 51 to 59 percent. Each city chose Ling Ling Chang, who lost to Newman in 2016, to replace him.

In the non-partisan contests, challenger Todd Spitzer placed first in Yorba Linda, while incumbent Tony Rackauckas won in Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma and Placentia for county district attorney. They'll face off in November.

Top vote-getters in all seven cities were Marshall Tuck for state superintendent of public instruction – his largest margin was in Yorba Linda – and Undersheriff Don Barnes to replace Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. Barnes could win outright, but Tuck will face Tony Thurmond in November.

Not all votes cast have been counted as of deadline. Remaining are some mail-in ballots and provisional and paper ballots cast at precincts.

Interestingly, only Yorba Linda among the seven north county cities has a majority of registered Republican voters.

Here are the current numbers: Brea 23,382 (42.4 percent R, 30 percent D and 23.7 percent no party preference); Buena Park 34,437 (41.2 percent D, 29.2 percent R and 26 percent NPP); and Fullerton 65,084 (36.8 percent D, 34.6 percent R and 24.6 percent NPP).

Others: La Habra 25,032 (38.7 percent D, 33.1 percent R, 23.8 percent NPP); La Palma 7,831 (36.9 percent D, 33.7 percent R, 25.9 percent NPP); Placentia 25,605 (40.7 percent R, 31.3 percent D, 23.8 percent NPP); and Yorba Linda 40,668 (52.7 percent R, 22.4 percent D and 21.2 percent NPP).