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Following the 2018 US General Election, Democrat Harley Rouda became California's 48th congressional district representative (based in Orange County), declaring victory after amassing a 3.6% and growing lead in the results, defeating incumbent [[Republican]] Dana Rohrabacher, Rouda won by 7 points.
Following the 2018 US General Election, Democrat Harley Rouda became California's 48th congressional district representative (based in Orange County), declaring victory after amassing a 3.6% and growing lead in the results, defeating incumbent [[Republican]] Dana Rohrabacher, Rouda won by 7 points.
[[File:YoungKim.jpg|thumb|left|175px|In 2020, [[Young Kim]] is one of two Orange county women who contributed to "the year of Republican women" in part for the record number of women who flipped districts from blue to red on Nov. 3. It’s the second congressional seat that Republicans have flipped this 2020 election in Orange County]]
[[File:Harley Rouda, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg|right|thumb|175px|[[Harley Rouda]] quietly severed his Republican ties to identify as an independent, then registered as a Democrat to run against Dana Rohrabacher, a 15-term Republican congressman in Orange County. Following the 2018 election he won, then lost re-election in 2020 to Republican Michelle Steel for the U.S. Representative seat from California's 48th District.]]
In the 2020 elections, Orange County Republicans celebrated a second victory in flipping back a Congressional seat they lost in 2018, with Young Kim declaring victory after Democrat Rep. [[Gil Cisneros]] conceded the north OC-based 39th District.
Democrat Harley Rouda lost re-election in 2020 to Republican Michelle Steel for the U.S. Representative seat from California's 48th District.
The current mayor of [[Anaheim]], Orange County's largest city is [[Republican]]. Mayor Harry S. Sidhu, won the office in the 2018 election. Sidhu was born in [[India]]. He moved to the [[United States]] in 1974 and became a [[U.S. citizen]] in 1979. Sidhu is the first [[Sikh]] mayor of the city and the first person of color to serve as mayor of Anaheim.
The current mayor of [[Anaheim]], Orange County's largest city is [[Republican]]. Mayor Harry S. Sidhu, won the office in the 2018 election. Sidhu was born in [[India]]. He moved to the [[United States]] in 1974 and became a [[U.S. citizen]] in 1979. Sidhu is the first [[Sikh]] mayor of the city and the first person of color to serve as mayor of Anaheim.