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2024 California's 45th congressional district election
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Candidate Michelle Steel Derek Tran
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. Representative

Michelle Steel
Republican



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The 2024 California's 45th congressional district election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the United States representative for California's 45th congressional district, concurrently with elections for the other U.S. House districts in California and the rest of the country, as well as the 2024 U.S. Senate race in California, other elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary election was held on March 5, 2024, concurrently with the Super Tuesday presidential primaries.

Based in Orange County and Los Angeles County, the 45th district contains all of Fountain Valley, Westminster, Garden Grove, Cypress, Buena Park, Cerritos, Artesia, La Palma, Placentia, Hawaiian Gardens, Los Alamitos, and Rossmoor, as well as portions of Brea, Lakewood, Fullerton, and Yorba Linda.[1] One-third of all registered voters in the district are Asian American, with Vietnamese Americans alone comprising 16% of the district's voters.[2]

The incumbent is Republican Michelle Steel, who was re-elected with 52.4% of the vote in 2022. Steel, who is Korean American, was first elected in 2020, unseating incumbent Democrat Harley Rouda. She previously served as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the California State Board of Equalization.

The race is expected to be highly competitive as it is a purple suburban district. Both House Democrats and House Republicans have listed California's 45th district among their highest-priority districts in the 2024 election.[3][4] Joe Biden carried this district by a 6% margin in the 2020 presidential election.[5] Steel is one of 18 House Republicans representing a Biden-won district.[6] At the local level, however, the 45th district has trended Republican, voting for Republicans in every state race in 2022.[7]

Primary election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Kim Bernice Nguyen-Penaloza

Advanced to general[edit]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Withdrawn[edit]

Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Cheyenne Hunt (D)
Individuals
Organizations
Aditya Pai (D)
Organizations
Kim Bernice Nguyen-Penaloza (D)
U.S. representatives
State senators
State assemblymembers
Municipal officials
Local officials
Individuals
Political parties
Labor unions
Newspapers and other media
Organizations
Michelle Steel (R)
U.S. representatives
Municipal officials
Local officials
Organizations
Political parties
Derek Tran (D)
U.S. representatives
Municipal officials
Organizations

Fundraising[edit]

Campaign finance reports as of February 14, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Michelle Steel (R) $4,506,57[a] $2,030,991 $2,932,122
Cheyenne Hunt (D) $389,534[b] $254,544 $134,990
Kim Bernice Nguyen-Penaloza (D) $314,706 $284,58 $30,122
Aditya Pai (D) $302,162[c] $268,840 $15,594
Derek Tran (D) $646,705 $580,075 $66,630
Source: Federal Election Commission[69]

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[d] 		Margin
of error 		Cheyenne
Hunt (D) 		Kim Bernice
Nguyen-Penaloza (D) 		Aditya
Pai (D) 		Michelle
Steel (R) 		Derek
Tran (D) 		Other Undecided
RMG Research[A] November 14–19, 2023 300 (LV) ± 5.7% 4% 10% 1% 28% – 9%[e] 47%
Tulchin Research[B] November 13–19, 2023 500 (LV) ± 4.9% 6% 10% 2% 39% 11% – 32%

Results[edit]

2024 California's 45th congressional district primary[70]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michelle Steel (incumbent) 78,020 54.9
Democratic Derek Tran 22,544 15.9
Democratic Kim Bernice Nguyen-Penaloza 22,178 15.6
Democratic Cheyenne Hunt 11,971 8.4
Democratic Aditya Pai 7,398 5.2
Total votes 142,111 100.0

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[71] Lean R February 2, 2023
Inside Elections[72] Lean R March 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[73] Lean R February 23, 2023
Elections Daily[74] Lean R June 8, 2023
CNalysis[75] Tilt R November 16, 2023

Endorsements[edit]

Endorsements in bold were made after the primary election.

Michelle Steel (R)
U.S. representatives
Municipal officials
Local officials
Organizations
Political parties
Derek Tran (D)
U.S. representatives
Municipal officials
Organizations

Results[edit]

2024 California's 45th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Michelle Steel (incumbent)
Democratic Derek Tran
Total votes

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ $710,000 of this total was self-funded by Steel
  2. ^ $107,000 of this total was self-funded by Hunt
  3. ^ $33,833 of this total was self-funded by Pai
  4. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  5. ^ "Someone else" with 8%; "Would not vote" with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by U.S. Term Limits
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Tran's campaign

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

Official campaign websites
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_California%27s_45th_congressional_district_election