The primary race for the four seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners has been decided.
Penny Rich, Renee Price, Mark Dorosin and Mark Marcoplos will be the nominees for the Democratic party in the election held November 8, 2016.
Marcoplos won 46.71 percent of the vote for the at-large position, with Matt Hughes coming in second place with 40.84 percent.
Andy Cagle came in third place with 12.45 percent of the vote.
Mark Marcoplos
The winner of the at-large race will take over for Bernadette Pelissier, who announced last year she would not be seeking re-election.
Rich and Dorosin won the race for district one with 37.57 and 29.98 percent of the vote respectively.
Penny Rich
Jamezetta Bedford came in a close third place, receiving 28.88 percent and Gary Kahn came in fourth place with 3.56 percent. Dorosin and Bedford were separated by just 376 votes.
Dorosin and Rich were the incumbents. Both were elected in 2012.
In district two, Renee Price will be the nominee after beating out Bonnie Hauser and receiving 60.68 percent.
Price was the incumbent and was elected in 2012.
Renee Price
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