Fall has turned politically chilly for House Democrats in their quest to keep the majority they first won in 2018.
Midterm election voters are placing more emphasis on inflation and high gas prices, which Republicans bring up constantly on the campaign trail, rather than issues Democrats want to discuss, such as abortion rights and threats to American democracy by Republican election deniers.
Steel a few weeks later sent a mailer to Vietnamese American voters in Orange County portraying Chen, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, as a communist sympathizer — because a decade ago, on the Hacienda La Puente school board, Chen voted to adopt a free Chinese-language program offered by the Chinese government.
The Democratic nominee, attorney Hillary Scholten, has the upper hand in this race. The district in 2020 would have supported Biden with 53.3% of the vote to 44.8% for Trump. Polls have consistently shown Pappas, 42, with a single-digit lead over Leavitt, who, if she wins, would be the youngest female House member ever. Pappas also has $1.61 million more on hand than Leavitt.
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