Alex Padilla wins election to the Senate seat he was appointed to after Kamala Harris became vice president; results unknown in competitive House races.
Four congressional districts that include parts of Orange County, a onetime conservative bastion that has become purple, are among those in play.
“Some people get discouraged, but please don’t be,” she told hundreds of attendees milling around cocktail tables dotted with small red elephant signs that said “Proud Republican.” “In 2020, first ballots came in and I was 26,000 down. No one is down that much today.” Former GOP state lawmaker Scott Baugh added that early returns in California favor Democrats, but said he expects the tide to turn as election day ballots are counted. “There’s a lot of victories along the way. Just hang tight,” said Baugh, who ran against Porter. “I think about midnight you’re going to be really excited.
Padilla and his two siblings were raised in Pacoima by their immigrant parents, a short-order line cook and a housekeeper. He said their efforts to keep him focused on education, volunteer work at their Catholic church and baseball kept him busy and out of trouble in a neighborhood that he described as being beset by drug dealing and prostitution.
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