
New Majority Drives To Swell Numbers & Influence — But To What End?
Orange County has given birth to and/or nurtured its share of people and organizations that have powerfully impacted the Republican Party — for good or ill.
Richard Nixon was born here, and Ronald Reagan’s political home base was here.
The state’s two leading GOP groups — the Lincoln Club of Orange County and the New Majority — also originated here.
The Lincoln Club was formed in the wake of the bitter 1962 gubernatorial primary between Richard Nixon and Joe Schell. The purpose was to "build Republican strength by lowering the intensity of intra-party warfare and making party politics more orderly and business-like."
The New Majority was born in the wake of Dan Lungren’s lopsided 1998 defeat and dedicated to "bringing a Republican majority to California… Read More