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Election night results were too close to call in the California Congressional District 45 contest between GOP Rep. Michelle Steel and Democratic challenger Derek Tran.
GOP Rep. Michelle Steel, left, and challenger Derek Tran, right Steel was first elected to Congress in 2020 in the neighboring 48th District, in which she defeated incumbent Democrat Harley Rhouda ...
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) has conceded defeat in her reelection bid against Democrat Derek Tran to represent California’s 45th Congressional District. Steel’s race is one of two that ...
At the local level, however, the 45th district has trended Republican, voting for Republicans in every state race in 2022. [7] Tran narrowly unseated Steel by just 0.2%, and the race was one of the closest of the election cycle. [8] Major news outlets only called the race 22 days after Election Night.
Derek Truyen Tran (born Trần Đức Truyền, December 22, 1980) [1] is an American labor lawyer, veteran, and politician. He is a member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 45th congressional district after defeating Republican incumbent Michelle Steel in the 2024 election.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrat Derek Tran ousted Republican U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel in a Southern California House district Wednesday that was specifically drawn to give Asian Americans a stronger voice on Capitol Hill. Steel said in a statement that “like all journeys, this one is ending for a new one to begin.”
Steel ran for re-election to a third term in 2024, but she was defeated in the general election by Democratic challenger Derek Tran. [5] Steel served as the member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district from 2015 to 2021 and of the California State Board of Equalization from the 3rd district from 2007 to 2015.
As Orange County and Los Angeles County counted mail ballots, Steel's margin of victory shrank to 58 votes before Tran took the lead 11 days after the election. Tran was leading by 613 votes when ...