Rancho Santa Margarita mayor suspends campaign, cites document 'error'

Shawn Gordon drove around Rancho Santa Margarita when he noticed something odd happening in his hometown.

Mayor Carol Gamble’s campaign signs began disappearing from District 3, where she sought reelection next month. By evening, even the lawn signs outside of the mayor’s home vanished from sight.

The next day, Gamble’s campaign website was scrubbed to read “coming soon.”

By Oct. 20, the sudden political retreat made sense when she publicly announced the suspension of her campaign that same day. Gamble acknowledged she attested to an inaccurate statement on her nomination papers but deemed it a mistake that was found too late to correct.



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