On Wednesday, Democrat Derek Tran was able to reverse his initial lead on election night in Orange County, California's 45th Congressional District, unseating two-term Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in early voting. .
Associated Press reported:
Democrat Derek Tran on Wednesday ousted Republican Rep. Michelle Steele in a Southern California congressional district drawn specifically to give Asian Americans a stronger voice on Capitol Hill.
“Like all journeys, this one comes to an end and a new one begins,” Steele said in a statement. Upon winning her seat in 2020, Steele joined Marilyn Strickland, a Washington Democrat, and Young Kim, a California Republican, as the first Korean American women elected to Congress.
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This race is one of the last to be decided this year, with Republicans currently holding 220 seats in the House of Representatives and Democrats holding 214 seats. The Associated Press has not announced the winner in California's 13th District, where Democrat Adam Gray led Republicans. He was a few hundred votes behind John Duarte.
The race was considered too close to be called on November 5th. Steele initially received more votes, but as later votes were counted, Tran overtook Steele and won by a narrow margin, first by a few dozen votes, then by a few hundred votes. I got it. .
The controversial state of California allows mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day and arrive within seven days of Election Day. This means candidates can flip weeks after the election.
Usually, but not always, Democrats who appear to have lost on Election Day surge in mail-in votes and emerge as the winners. Like Kamala Harris' decisive victory in the 2010 California attorney general election.
Additionally, the California Globe reported Earlier this week, it was revealed that a U.S. Postal Service mailbox in the Republican district of the district had been robbed. “Everything in the box was stolen mail and ballots,” the Globe reported.
Tran is a Vietnamese-American and part of a community that tends to vote Republican because of its experience under communism and how the Democratic-led government abandoned South Vietnam's military and government.
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