Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) participates in a press conference in Santa Ana, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP
Michelle Park Steel won a Democrat-held U.S. House district in California, according to new projections.
Steel, a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, will be one of the first Korean-American women in Congress along with fellow representative-elect Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.).