Yesterday John Campbell (R-Irvine) won the race to replace Christopher Cox as Congressman for the 48th Congressional District. Chris Cox is now the head of the SEC.
As mentioned previously, voters in the same area of Orange County now face an election to replace Campbell as State Senator for the 35th District. That special election will be scheduled by the California Secretary of State for either February or March, with a runoff eight weeks later (April or May), if no candidate receives greater than 50% of the vote. State Assemblyman Tom Harman (R-Newport Beach) is the leading candidate to replace Campbell in the heavily Republican district.