Min Narrows Baugh's Lead in Orange County Congressional Race

Republican Scott Baugh's lead over Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, slipped to 616 votes in Southern California's closest congressional race, according to figures released Thursday by the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

Baugh held a 1,133-vote lead on Wednesday.

Baugh leads 50.11%-49.89% in the race for Orange County's 47th Congressional District seat vacated by Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate seat previously held by late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, saw his lead over Democrat George Whitesides, a former NASA chief of staff, in northern Los Angeles County's 27th Congressional District race drop to 3,240 votes, 50.7%-49.3%. Garcia had led by 4,767 at the conclusion of Wednesday's vote count.

Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, held a 7,455-vote lead over Democrat Will Rollins in his bid for a 17th term representing Riverside County's 41st Congressional District, 51.5%-48.5%.

Calvert, who was first elected in 1992, was leading with 51.51% of the vote, holding a

Calvert won, 52.3%-47.7%, in 2022.

In the 49th Congressional District, Rep. Mike Levin, D-Dana Point, increased his lead over Republican Matt Gunderson from 5,111 votes on Wednesday to 6,368 as of Thursday, 51.1%-48.9%.

Gunderson is winning in Orange County but Levin has a lead in San Diego County.