The Latest: 4 Orange County House districts in close races
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on California election results (all times local):
10:08 a.m.
Four battleground House districts in the one-time Republican stronghold of Orange County, California, remain too close to call.
National Democrats targeted four GOP-held seats that fall partly or completely in Orange County, a tract of suburbs and small cities near Los Angeles that for years was conservative holy ground.
Votes tallied so far from Tuesday’s election show Republican Young Kim holding a 3-point edge over Democrat Gil Cisneros in the 39th District.
In the 49th District, Republican Diane Harkey is trailing Democrat Mike Levin by about 5 points.
Republican Rep. Mimi Walters has a slim edge over Democrat Katie Porter in the 45th District, but 15-term Republican Dana Rohrabacher is behind Democrat Harley Rouda in the 48th District.
Counting continues Wednesday, with thousands of ballots waiting to be tallied.
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10:03 a.m.
California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter has won a sixth term despite facing federal corruption charges.
Hunter beat first-time Democratic candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar on Wednesday in a deeply red San Diego-area district.
With 69 percent of the votes counted, the GOP incumbent had an 8-point lead over Campa-Najjar.
Few incumbents in U.S. history have been re-elected while indicted and the race was considered a fresh test of partisanship during the era of President Donald Trump.
Campa-Najjar, a 29-year-old former Obama White House aide, was largely unknown until the race drew wide attention when Hunter and his wife were indicted in August.
The couple has pleaded not guilty to allegations of illegally spending more than $250,000 in campaign money for personal expenses — from family trips to tequila shots.
