The race to represent Little Saigon and the rest of the 45th congressional district is coming down to the wire, with the ballot count released Friday night showing challenger Derek Tran, a Democrat who lives in Orange, closing the gap on Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Seal Beach, to just 58 votes.
Ten days after Election Day the registrar is still counting close races in Los Angeles County that are up in the air.
Heading into the second weekend after Election Day, these local races in Orange County remain tight. Other races might not be as close, but with an estimated 74,700 ballots still to count in the county,
In the 2024 election, two states have had more than three-quarters of their eligible voting population cast a ballot so far, according to the Election Lab’s 2024 data. They are Minnesota (76.41%) and Wisconsin (76.37%), who had the highest rates of voter turnout among the states
Election certification meetings in Nevada’s two most populous counties have been roiled by voting conspiracies.
The FBI issued a statement Friday saying racist and threatening text messages sent to Black communities after the presidential election are also circulating in Hispanic and LGBTQ+ communities and reaching high school students.
In his first public remarks since winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump thanked his allies and gloated over winning “the most consequential election” in a Thursday night speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and the Democratic National Committee spent close to $1.5 billion in their unsuccessful presidential bid, but they didn’t go into debt doing so, according to the campaign’s chief financial officer.
The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow all fell for the week, while pharmaceutical stocks slid after Trump picked anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. to lead HHS.
A closer look at some Connecticut towns shows what a lower voter turnout, an upset voter base and changing demographics can do for an election.