SANTA ANA, Calif.—Democratic challenger Derek Tran holds his first lead over Republican Rep. Michelle Steel Sunday in the 45th Congressional District race after trailing by as many as 11,363 votes.
The consumer rights attorney and co-owner of a pharmacy with his wife Michelle is 36 votes ahead of the two-term incumbent, 152,981-152,945, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. Both candidates are at 50 percent.
Tran trails in the Orange County portion of the district, 138,320 to 134,168, 50.8 percent to 49.2 percent, but leads in the Los Angeles County portion—Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, and a portion of Lakewood—18,813 to 14,625, 56.3 percent to 43.7 percent.
Only previously unprocessed ballots in Orange County were counted Saturday….