California's 45th congressional district

California's 45th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)737,224
Median household
income		$102,317[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+2[2]

California's 45th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California currently represented by Republican Michelle Steel. It was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.

The 45th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census.

The district is based in Orange and Los Angeles counties and includes all of Garden Grove, Westminster, Cerritos, Buena Park, Placentia, Hawaiian Gardens, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Artesia, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, and La Palma, as well as parts of Brea, Lakewood, and Fullerton.

In 2018, incumbent Representative Mimi Walters competed against a field of four Democrats and an independent candidate in the primary election for the 2018 midterm elections. On February 25, 2018, UC Irvine (UCI) assistant law professor Dave Min received the endorsement of the California Democratic Party.[3]

Min, former White House senior technology advisor Brian Forde,[4] former legislative assistant to Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Kia Hamadanchy,[5] UCI law professor Katie Porter,[6] and UCI business professor John Graham ran in the "top two" primary in June 2018. Walters and Porter placed first and second and advanced to the general election in November.

On November 14, 2018, eight days after polls closed, Dave Wasserman, then the House Editor for The Cook Political Report, projected that Porter had won the general election.[7]

In 2024, the election in this district is expected to be one of the state's most competitive. In its current form after the 2020 redistricting, the district has a significant presence of Asian-American voters.[8]

  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Hagen, Lisa (February 25, 2018). "California Dems endorse three candidates in pivotal House races". The Hill. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Mai-Duc, Christine (July 19, 2017). "Former Obama advisor jumps in to challenge Rep. Mimi Walters in Orange County". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. ^ Wire, Sarah D. "A third challenger announces bid for Rep. Mimi Walters' Orange County seat". LA Times. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  6. ^ Lagos, Marisa (May 21, 2017). "Democratic Hopefuls Look to Unseat Republicans in 2018". KQED News. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  7. ^ Wasserman, Dave [@Redistrict] (November 14, 2018). "Projection: Katie Porter (D) has defeated Rep. Mimi Walters (R) in #CA45" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Tensley, Brandon (November 3, 2022). "Battle over House seat in California is a wake-up call about the importance of Asian American voters". CNN. Retrieved September 8, 2023.