In a closely fought election, Democrat Derek Tran defeated Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in Orange County's congressional race, making history as the first Vietnamese American to represent the district known as Little Saigon. The race, one of the most expensive in the country, was called for Tran 11 days after the election, with Steel conceding to a 613-vote lead.
In a major victory for Democrats, first-time candidate Derek Tran defeated Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in a hotly contested Orange County congressional race that became one of the most expensive in the country. Tran will be the first Vietnamese American to represent a district that is home to Little Saigon and the largest population of people of Vietnamese descent outside of Vietnam. The race was among the last to be called in the country.
Born to South Korean parents and raised in Japan, Steel broke barriers in 2020 when she became one of three Korean American women elected to the House. She leaned on anti-communist messaging to reach out to older voters who fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Tran also focused on Vietnamese American voters and Vietnamese-language media, hoping that voters would leave their loyalty to the Republican Party in order to support a representative who shared their background.
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