Former Assemblyman Dennis Mangers was elected to represent Orange County's AD73 in 1976 - swept to power in the Democratic wave that followed Watergate. The district reverted to form four years later when Mangers lost his seat to Republican Nolan Frizzelle. The district voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 - the first Dem presidential candidate to capture Orange County since FDR - and this month elected Democrat Harley Rouda to replace Dana Rohrabacher in congress. We sat down with Mangers to chat about the changes that have turned Orange County blue (or maybe purple) and about life after elected office. These days Mangers is an adviser to Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg and is busy supporting the Dennis Mangers Fund for Young Performing Artists.

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