Could GOP recapture an Orange County seat that flipped blue in 2018? Experts say it's a close call
by Stephanie Lai, Los Angeles Times
Oct 28, 2020
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES â Two years ago, Harley Rouda defeated longtime Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher as part of a blue wave sweeping across Orange County.
Sentiment against President Donald Trump is still strong in a county that was once a bastion of conservatism but whose politics have evolved as it becomes more racially diverse and highly educated voters rebel against the Republican Party.
But with the Nov. 3 election just days away, Rouda faces a much different opponent in Michelle Steel and a landscape vastly changed by the coronavirus pandemic, as he fights to continue
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