In 2020, Orange County, California Democrat Rep. Harley Rouda lost a tight congressional race for the District 45 seat to current Republican Rep. Michelle Steel. The California Democrats still considered Rouda a frontbencher, and first planned to run him against Steel again in 2022. Once California redistricting occurred, skewing the demographics to the more wealthy (and white) Beach Cities, and moving the central Orange County districts with a greater degree of Asian constituents to District 48, Michelle Steel decided to run in that district, and the Democrat Party put up businessman Jay Chen to run against her in 2022. Chen lost by a mile. In 2024, Aditya Pai will be running for District 48, which left Rouda still on the bench.Read More
Former Democrat Rep. Harley Rouda Drops From Contention for Katie Porter’s Congressional Seat
