Katherine Daigle

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Katherine Daigle

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Graduate

University of Phoenix

Other

Kaplan University

Personal

Profession

Small business owner

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Katherine Daigle ran for election to the South Orange County Community College District to represent District 1 in California. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Daigle earned a B.A. in business from the Metropolitan State University of Denver, an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix, and a paralegal certificate from Kaplan University.

As of her run for mayor in 2016, Daigle was founder and president of Paralegal Outsourcing & Associates. Her professional experience also includes work as founder and management partner of KND Legal Consulting and as vice president of financial and administrative contracts for the healthcare database company SK&A.

Daigle has served as the director of the Woodbridge Village Association and a volunteer with the Legal Aid Society of Orange County. She has also been a member of the Heritage Foundation, the National Rifle Association, and the Republican Party of Orange County.

Daigle and her husband, Phil, have one daughter, Brittany.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2024)

General election

General election for South Orange County Community College District District 1

Incumbent Carolyn Inmon defeated Katherine Daigle and Marlene Bronson in the general election for South Orange County Community College District District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Inmon (Nonpartisan)	68.4	31,500
		Katherine Daigle (Nonpartisan)	19.8	9,115
	Submit photo	Marlene Bronson (Nonpartisan)	11.8	5,446

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,061
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Mayoral election in Irvine, California (2022)

General election

General election for Mayor of Irvine

Incumbent Farrah Khan defeated Branda Lin, Simon Moon, Katherine Daigle, and Tom Chomyn in the general election for Mayor of Irvine on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Farrah Khan (Nonpartisan)	37.8	29,628
		Branda Lin (Nonpartisan)	27.5	21,560
		Simon Moon (Nonpartisan)	18.9	14,834
		Katherine Daigle (Nonpartisan)	9.2	7,184
		Tom Chomyn (Nonpartisan)	6.5	5,129

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,335
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2020

See also: Mayoral election in Irvine, California (2020)

General election

General election for Mayor of Irvine

Farrah Khan defeated incumbent Christina Shea, Luis Huang, and Katherine Daigle in the general election for Mayor of Irvine on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Farrah Khan (Nonpartisan)	47.6	56,304
		Christina Shea (Nonpartisan)	36.1	42,738
		Luis Huang (Nonpartisan)	8.2	9,684
		Katherine Daigle (Nonpartisan)	8.2	9,654

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 118,380
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2019

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2019)

General election

Special general election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 3

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 3 on March 12, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald P. Wagner (Nonpartisan)	42.0	30,240
		Loretta Sanchez (Nonpartisan)	37.1	26,708
		Kris Murray (Nonpartisan)	7.4	5,338
	Submit photo	Larry Bales (Nonpartisan)	5.4	3,912
	Submit photo	Deborah Pauly (Nonpartisan)	5.3	3,847
		Kim-Thy Hoang Bayliss (Nonpartisan)	1.9	1,366
		Katherine Daigle (Nonpartisan)	0.8	597

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,008
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2018

Mayor

See also: Mayoral election in Irvine, California (2018)

See also: Mayoral election in Irvine, California (2018)

General election

General election for Mayor of Irvine

Incumbent Donald P. Wagner defeated Ed Pope, Katherine Daigle, and Ing Tiong in the general election for Mayor of Irvine on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald P. Wagner (Nonpartisan)	45.3	35,592
	Submit photo	Ed Pope (Nonpartisan)	31.4	24,682
		Katherine Daigle (Nonpartisan)	16.6	13,018
	Submit photo	Ing Tiong (Nonpartisan)	6.8	5,341

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,633
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State Assembly

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2018

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General election

General election for California State Assembly District 74

Cottie Petrie-Norris defeated incumbent Matthew Harper in the general election for California State Assembly District 74 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cottie Petrie-Norris (D)	52.7	105,699
		Matthew Harper (R)	47.3	94,947

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 200,646
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 74

Incumbent Matthew Harper and Cottie Petrie-Norris defeated Karina Onofre, Katherine Daigle, and Ryan Ta in the primary for California State Assembly District 74 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matthew Harper (R)	41.6	46,500
✔		Cottie Petrie-Norris (D)	28.3	31,626
		Karina Onofre (D)	12.1	13,536
		Katherine Daigle (R)	11.0	12,331
		Ryan Ta (D)	7.0	7,827

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 111,820
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2016

Mayor

See also: Municipal elections in Irvine, California (2016)

The city of Irvine, California, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was in August 2016. Two of the four city council seats were up for election. Don Wagner defeated Mary Ann Gaido, Gang Chen, Katherine Daigle, and David Chey in the Mayor of Irvine general election.

Mayor of Irvine, General Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Don Wagner	37.69%	30,002
Mary Ann Gaido	33.01%	26,278
Gang Chen	14.84%	11,816
Katherine Daigle	10.43%	8,299
David Chey	4.03%	3,206
Total Votes		79,601
Source: Orange County Elections, "Official Results for Election," accessed December 7, 2016

State assembly

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.

Incumbent Matthew Harper defeated Karina Onofre in the California State Assembly District 74 general election.

California State Assembly, District 74 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Matthew Harper Incumbent	56.16%	114,477
	Democratic	Karina Onofre	43.84%	89,362
Total Votes				203,839
Source: California Secretary of State

Karina Onofre and incumbent Matthew Harper defeated Katherine Daigle in the California State Assembly District 74 Blanket primary.

California State Assembly, District 74 Blanket Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Karina Onofre	42.41%	46,077
	Republican	Matthew Harper Incumbent	38.95%	42,317
	Republican	Katherine Daigle	18.64%	20,258
Total Votes				108,652

2014

See also: Irvine, California municipal elections, 2014

The city of Irvine, California held elections for mayor on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was August 8, 2014. Incumbent Steven S. Choi defeated Katherine Daigle and Mary Ann Gaido.

Mayor of Irvine, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Steven S. Choi Incumbent	45.4%	18,333
Mary Ann Gaido	43%	17,380
Katherine Daigle	11.6%	4,698
Total Votes		40,411
Source: Orange County Elections - 2014 General Election Results

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2019

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2016

Daigle's mayoral campaign website highlighted the following issues:

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Solid Infrastructure, the development of homes have increased and burdened existing city services. We live in Southern California with active faults, wildfires, and expanding burgeoning population. If any one of these natural disasters occurs the populace and its safety personnel would not be able to secure safe passage in or out of the City. There is simply not enough safety personnel and with the difficulties with moving in or around the City and the lack of Safety Officials (Police Officers) to manage such a large area. Transportation, The City of Irvine 'was' designed with smart infrastructure and good policy making. The cost of building a place to live, raise your family and build your business with this much opportunity is growing. In short, it is an opportunity and a challenge. Growth brings in a revenue stream, however, there is an ever present danger that we will not be prepared for a stress fracture in the systems (water, energy, waste, communications, etc…). It is better to be proactive and be prepared than it is to be reactive when something happens. The City has a sound financial foundation, we could reduce risk by requiring the existing infrastructure both in support and safety modernized and streamlined. Simply put, traffic congestion can cost us millions in slowed economic activity and lost business. Transportation requires state or federal involvement, such as some transportation investments and infrastructure projects. But locally elected officials at the city and county level are well-matched to address many land use, housing, and transportation needs without micromanaging or mandating from Sacramento. Local governments also are able to respond to many transportation needs in their region without mandates from Sacramento about how transportation dollars are spent. Local leaders need to begin to prioritize, plan, fund, and execute transportation infrastructure projects with the state and federal government. Affordable housing, is a chief complaint from employees that have to travel into the city. Businesses that employ people under the executive level generally cannot afford to live here. Housing prices are out of reach for most. Subsequently, the City has had a surge in a population that has no share in the City other than their job, this could create challenges for law enforcement. Irvine needs more affordable housing, especially as our economy continues grow, as we live and work in our community.Rising home prices and increasing rents are taking a toll on house and apartment hunters. Both local and state forecasts predict that housing will be less affordable. Crime is up in Irvine and most of Orange County. Irvine property and violent crime total is up 27%. The general factors attributed to an increase in crime rates is unemployment, housing market changes, gang and drug markets, police-community relations and certain demographic shifts, as we have increased our population during the last few years certain factors will cause crime to increase. Irvine is under-served in Police & Fire due to the size and scope of the city, based on increases in population and size – the safety of the city and the size of our Police department and law enforcement officers is insufficient.

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2014

Daigle's 2014 campaign website highlighted the following issues:

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Public Safety Excerpt: Irvine has the unprecedented distinction of being one of 'America’s Safest City' and one of the most fundamental duties of government is to enhance public safety and welfare by creating and enforcing laws in a fair, just and efficient manner. Being ranked as a safe City affects every facet of municipal operations in Irvine. Visionary planning, strong law enforcement programs and personnel, public and private partnerships, and an engaged community are cornerstones of the community's success. A commitment to public safety should go beyond experienced, well-equipped police officers and innovative policing strategies. The Irvine Economy Excerpt: I believe that people make better decisions than government. Free enterprise should be the guiding force, not government regulation. Freedom and free enterprise are fundamental to the American way of life. Economic growth is dependent upon individual liberty and it enables all citizens to maximize the opportunity to retain the rewards of their labor. Education Excerpt: Every child in California is entitled to a first-class education. Education is the great leveler in American society. It provides the opportunity for any child to be raised up in our society based upon hard work and achievement. I will continue to provide our families with access to great schools, quality teachers and affordable, higher education choices.

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