Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) has conceded defeat in her reelection bid against Democrat Derek Tran to represent California’s 45th Congressional District.

Steel’s race is one of two that Decision Desk HQ, which partners with The Hill, hasn’t called yet, but Tran declared victory Monday. The apparent win for Tran is a flip for Democrats that will keep the Republican House majority at no more than a few seats.

Tran currently leads Steel by just more than 600 votes out of more than 315,000 cast.

“The journey to work on behalf of legal immigrants and struggling families took me somewhere I never could have imagined – and for which I will always be grateful — the United States Congress,” Steel said Wednesday in a statement posted on social platform X. “Everything is God’s will and, like all journeys, this one is ending for a new one to........

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