Michelle Steel for the first time over the weekend in the 45th Congressional District race — after initially trailing by thousands of votes. The consumer rights attorney and co-owner of a pharmacy with his wife Michelle is currently 36 votes ahead of the two-term incumbent — the vote count sits at 152,

More than a week after Election Day, Rep. Michelle Steel is still holding onto her razor-thin lead over Derek Tran in the race for California’s 45th congressional district, as of the latest vote tally posted by the secretary of state Thursday,

California Republican Rep. Michelle Steel, who was endorsed by former President Trump last month, is being challenged for her Orange County seat by Derek Tran, a U.S. Army veteran and consumer rights attorney.

Representative Michelle Steel, a two-term Republican from Orange County, Calif., and the first Korean-American woman ever elected to Congress, is battling for re-election in a district President Biden won in 2020.

The race to represent Little Saigon and the rest of the 45th congressional district is coming down to the wire, with the ballot count released Friday night showing challenger Derek Tran, a Democrat who lives in Orange, closing the gap on Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Seal Beach, to just 58 votes.

Republican Rep. Michelle Steel leads Democrat Derek Tran 52.5% (117,378 votes) to 47.5% (106,015 votes) in the race for California's 45th congressional district, early results reported on Wednesday show.