Election: Orange County statehouse races could decide Democratic supermajority

The contests for Orange County’s state legislative seats could determine whether Democrats reclaim a supermajority in Sacramento, and massive spending in the region’s pivotal congressional races could put some GOP-held state seats into play.
California Democrats need to gain one state Senate seat and hold their existing advantage in the Assembly to reclaim the two-thirds supermajority they lost in June, when former state Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) was recalled. That would allow D