As ballot counting dragged on three weeks after the Nov. 5 general election, Tran and Steel remained separated by 613 votes, or 0.2 percentage points, as of the most recent vote count.
Michelle Steel on Thursday, Nov. 21, as the latest vote counts were released for the hotly contested Southern California House seat, CA-45. The tally early Thursday evening showed Tran ...
Last night, Orange County reported 354 more votes in California's 45th District, and Democrat Derek Tran's lead over Republican Rep. Michelle Steel expanded from 545 votes to 581 votes.