Congressional Race Narrows Between Rep. Michelle Steel and Derek Tran in 45th District

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Election results Thursday evening showed Republican Congresswoman Michelle Steel held a constrictive pb astatine conscionable 236 votes implicit her opponent, Democratic challenger Derek Tran.

The contention for the 45th Congressional District spot is 1 of the tightest U.S. House races successful the state – and 1 of the astir intimately watched.

The district, which encompasses Little Saigon, stretches from parts of Los Angeles County into Orange County.

It includes Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, Los Alamitos, La Palma, Placentia, parts of Lakewood, Fullerton, Yorba Linda and Brea, portion dipping done Cypress and Buena Park and into Westminster and Garden Grove.

Steel, a erstwhile Orange County supervisor, was archetypal elected to legislature successful 2020 during the tallness of the pandemic aft starring the supervisors done the aboriginal days of the pandemic amidst questions implicit however they were spending their money.

[Read: OC Leaders Secretly Approved Over $200 Million successful Covid Contracts; Voice of OC is Getting the Public a Peek astatine Where it Went]

Tran, a labour attorney, has ne'er held elected bureau before.

Thursday’s results travel 2 days aft Republican Scott Baugh conceded to California State Senator Dave Min for the 47th Congressional District, which spans coastal Orange County.

[Read: Dave Min Wins OC’s Coastal Congressional Seat]

As of Thursday evening, the contention betwixt Steel and Tran was conscionable 1 retired of 8 races the Associated Press hasn’t called successful the 435 abstracted elections for the U.S. House of Representatives crossed the country.

Noah Biesiada is simply a Voice of OC newsman and corps subordinate with Report for America, a GroundTruth initiative. Contact him astatine nbiesiada@voiceofoc.org oregon connected Twitter @NBiesiada.

Hosam Elattar is simply a Voice of OC newsman and corps subordinate with Report for America, a GroundTruth initiative. Contact him astatine helattar@voiceofoc.org oregon connected Twitter @ElattarHosam.

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