Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., is still waiting to hear whether she has been reelected in the sate's 45th Congressional District, with the race too close to call amid outstanding mail-in ballots.
Steel's lead is down to just 1.4 points (50.7%-49.3%) with 14% of the vote left to count. Democrat Derek Tran, 41, a consumer rights attorney and small business owner who graduated from Massachusetts' Bentley University, has cut the deficit to less than 4,000 votes in the past 24 hours.
Steel, a graduate of California's Pepperdine University, is one of the GOP incumbents who could expand what is currently a 219-210 House GOP majority with six races still too close to call.
Outside of Alaska's ranked-choice voting system put in place with an assist from moderate Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, California still has five seats left to be determined, including Districts 9, 13, 21, 45, and 47. Republican incumbent Rep. John Duarte still leads in District 13.
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