Of the 10 state legislators who missed the most votes in the last session, five are Republicans representing Orange County, according to a survey by the Sacramento Bee’s Phillip Reese.

Assemblyman Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, was the third least likely to vote, missing 32.7 percent of the votes taken after he was elected in a mid-term special election.

Norby took the seat vacated by “Open Mike” Duvall, R-Yorba Linda, who missed 22 percent of the votes before he resigned amid a scandal over a recording of him bragging about extramarital sex. Reese told me that many of those missed votes came amid the scandal.

Two Democrats topped the top 10, but 70 percent of the list were Republicans. On one hand, you might think there’d be more Democrats since Dems dominate both chambers. On the other hand, the votes are going to go Democrat, so maybe they think, “Why bother?”

Here are the others from Orange County and the percentage of votes they missed:

Sen. Tom Harman, R-Huntington Beach – 24.2 percent

Sen. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel – 20.5 percent

Assemblyman Jeff Miller, R-Corona – 10.2 percent

Sen. Jenny Oropeza, D-Carson, led the list, missing 51.1 percent of the votes – largely because of a battle with cancer that took her life in 2010.

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