Edwin had mentioned that there was a close election between Democrat Derek Tran and Republican Michelle Steel in his post about Westminster’s Little Saigon, I was curious about how this race would end up, and finally the race has been called, more than three weeks after the election. Derek Tran is projected to the winner of California’s Congressional District 45 after a particularly nasty campaign season between two Asian American candidates.
The close vote is a reminder that every vote counts. At the time that the above projection results were published, Derek Tran was ahead by only 600 votes. In a race earlier this year, Evan Low won a primary slot by beating Joe Simitian by five votes.
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