Harry Sidhu
Harish Singh "Harry" Sidhu (born July 8, 1957) is an American restaurateur and Republican politician, in Orange County, California. He owned El Pollo Loco franchises in Orange and Riverside Counties.
Sidhu served for eight years on the Anaheim City Council from 2004 to 2012. He was the first person of Sikh and Indian heritage to have achieved this position. Sidhu also served as Mayor Pro Tem in 2012 and from December 2009 through December 2011. He was appointed to the Orange County Water District Board of Directors to represent the City of Anaheim. He was also an Alternate Commissioner for the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority.
In 2008, Sidhu ran for the California State Senate, but lost the Republican primary to state Assemblywoman Mimi Walters (61%-39%), who went on to win the general election.
In 2010, Sidhu ran for Orange County Supervisor in the lower-income 4th district despite having lived in the affluent Anaheim Hills for 16 years in the 3rd district. Due to this, signs labeling Sidhu as a carpetbagger were put up by his opponents.[1] Sidhu went on to lose the election with 36.9% of the vote to Shawn Nelson's 63.1%.[2]
In 2016, Sidhu ran for the California State Assembly in the 68th district, but narrowly lost the primary to Democrat Sean Jay Panahi and Republican Irvine Mayor Steven Choi after winning 19.7% of the votes cast.[3]
2016 California State Assembly candidacy
| California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary election | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sean Jay Panahi | 32,610 | 33.0 | |
| Republican | Steven Choi | 19,559 | 19.8 | |
| Republican | Harry Sidhu | 19,405 | 19.7 | |
| Republican | Deborah Pauly | 13,880 | 14.1 | |
| Republican | Alexia Deligianni-Brydges | 5,098 | 5.2 | |
| No party preference | Brian Chuchua | 4,635 | 4.7 | |
| Republican | Kostas Roditis | 3,528 | 3.6 | |
| Total votes | 98,715 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Steven Choi | |||
| Democratic | Sean Jay Panahi | |||
| Total votes | ' | ' | ||
References
- ↑ ""Friends of Fullerton"". Retrieved Feb 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Election 2010: Updated Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer- Tax Collector results". Orange County Register. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Final vote total in Orange County shows turnout up in primary". KPCC. June 27, 2016.