Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Derek Tran will face Republican challenger Chuong Vo in the November election for California’s 45th Congressional District.
Vo came second in the primary, topping a field of five Republicans. The Associated Press called Vo’s advancement on June 6, four days after the primary.
With 89 percent of votes counted, Tran held 53.4 percent of the votes to Vo’s 15.5 percent.
In the state’s jungle primary—in which the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation—that sets Tran up for a tougher fight in November, when the Republican Party will throw its full weight behind Vo, a former Cerritos mayor and 28-year law enforcement veteran….