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Republican wins back US House seat in Southern California

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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, Michelle Steel, Republican candidate for California's 48th Congressional District, speaks during the California GOP fall convention in Indian Wells, Calif. Steel defeated first-term Rep. Harley Rouda on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in a Southern California district, only the second time in more than two decades that a GOP candidate in the state has defeated an incumbent Democrat. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Michelle Steel
Posted at 11:31 AM, Nov 10, 2020
and last updated 2020-11-10 15:08:55-05

LOS ANGELES — Republican Michelle Steel has defeated first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Harley Rouda in a Southern California district. It’s a big victory Tuesday for the beleaguered California GOP after losing the seat in coastal Orange County’s 48th Congressional District in 2018.

It’s only the second time in over two decades that a Republican captured a Democratic-held congressional district in the state. And it comes two years after Republicans lost seven House seats to the Democrats.

Steel joins Washington state’s Marilyn Strickland as the first Korean American women elected to Congress. Strickland, a Democrat, won her race last week in a district southwest of Seattle.

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