CA GOP got its first national race flip since 1998

Thau Nguyen ^ | 11/10/2020 | LS

[LS]

Harley Rouda

Thanks to the incredible energy brought by our thousands of grassroots volunteers, I was proud to be the first Democrat ever to represent #CA48.

[LS]

I guess this excludes Mike Garcia's CA 25 last year.

[Robert DeLong]

So that’s a Democrat. Probably won it by cheating too.

[GreyFriar]

I’m confused on this. Did this Dem just ‘flip’ a Republican held seat? or ?????

[OttawaFreeper]

I wonder what happens when you take out the (likely) fraud? You could probably give a few more seats in CA back to the GOP.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Great news that the dem that beat Rohrabacher has now been beat.

[smith5460]

I think this was the first time the GOP flipped a U.S. House held by a Democrat in a general election since 1998.

The CA-25 pickup by the GOP earlier this year was in a special election.

[theoilpainter]

The last I saw was Steele (R) winning by 1.8 %, but that the race hasn’t been “called”.

Has it been?

[Two Kids' Dad]

The Vietnamese community most likely deserves the credit.

[LeonardFMason]

I “WAS” proud...

Democrat to Republican?

[smith5460]

A Republican flipped CA-48.

This was U.S. Rep. Harley Ronda (D) conceding the CA-48 election to the GOP opponent, Michelle Steel.

[beancounter13]

It’s confusing. You have to click through to his website. Apparently, the Dem was defeated after one term in Congress:

We did not win this election. And while it isn’t the outcome we had hoped for, it’s never been more important....

[LeonardFMason]

Confirmed:

REPUBLICAN Pick Up

Well what do you know!

FEMALE
ASIAN
REPUBLICAN

Totally against the narrative.

[ifinnegan]

The Slanderous commercials against Steele were on all the time.

[GreyFriar]

Thank you. It’s good to know we picked off another CA Dim seat.

[Olog-hai]

Rouda conceded to Michelle Steel.

[OttawaFreeper]

It’s because the Asian vote is ripe for picking from the Dems big time.

[j.havenfarm]

Thanks for the clarification. Now THAT’S a concession statement that puts the best face in a bad outcome for the candidate!

[Parley Baer]

What about Issa in San Diego county? Also Young Kim was leading the last I saw in Orange County. Anyways this is good news.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

If we keep it up we will have Nancy’s gavel THAT would be glorious!!! HOWEVER how in the hell can WE have all of this success and Trump lose #STOP THE STEAL

[blue state conservative]

Rouda won in 2018 because the Democrats ballot harvested and the Republicans did not. Not so this time.