Incumbent Republican Michelle Steel holds the lead over her Democrat opponent Jay Chen in the race for California’s 45th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to preliminary midterm election results.
Steel is currently leading with 53.5 percent of the vote over Chen’s 46.5 percent, in the recently redrawn district that straddles the counties of Orange and Los Angeles, according to unofficial results from the California Secretary of State as of 5 p.m. on Nov. 14.
