Orange County Assembly candidates say rival entered decoy contender to siphon GOP votes

Two Orange County GOP political hopefuls who recently failed to make the general election for a coastal Assembly seat want Orange County prosecutors to investigate whether a rival placed a decoy candidate in the contest to shape the results to his advantage.
Greg Haskin and Long Pham, the third and fourth place finishers in the June 5 primary to represent the 72nd Assembly District, allege that the race’s top Republican vote-getter, Westminster City Councilman Tyler Diep, conspired to ente