Democrat Derek Tran's lead over Republican Rep. Michelle Steel increased to 581 votes in the race for the 45th Congressional District, with only a little over 1% of the estimated vote total left to be counted.
Democrat Derek Tran 's lead over Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in the race for the 45th Congressional District inched up to 581 votes Monday night as ballot tallies slowly neared the finish line.Tran has 157,622 votes to Steel's 157,041, according to the latest vote count released from Orange County, where the majority of the district is. L.A. County did not release a new vote tally. That means his lead grew by 36 votes from the vote tally over the weekend.
Tran has 157,622 votes to Steel's 157,041, according to the latest vote count released from Orange County, where the majority of the district is. L.A. County did not release a new vote tally as of Monday evening.The Democrat took the lead over Steel by 36 votes on Nov. 16. In a little more than a week, his lead increased to more than 500 votes.
Steel was beating Tran the day after the election, leading by more than 5 percentage points. But her lead steadily declined as more ballots were counted. According to Mitchell’s analysis, Democrats had a 5.1% advantage over Republicans with ballots cast before Election Day and Republicans had a 15% advantage with ballots cast in-person on Nov. 5.
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