Democrat Derek Tran won the Nov. 5 election in California’s 45th Congressional District over Rep. Michelle Steel (R), who conceded Wednesday.
“Everything is God’s will and, like all journeys, this one is ending for a new one to begin,” Steel said in a statement.
Tran, a lawyer and the son of Vietnamese refugees, flips a district in parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties that supported President Joe Biden in 2020.
Democrats targeted Steel’s support for anti-abortion legislation and a vote against changes to the Violence Against Women Act that would ban stalkers from possessing firearms.
Tran was ahead of ...