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These are the first results posted by the Orange County Registrar of Voters, based on vote-by-mail ballots.
As of this first round, voter turnout is 14% and 253,344 vote-by-mail ballots have been counted. There are 1,809,773 registered voters in the County of Orange.
Orange County Breeze will publish an update tomorrow morning.
40th District
| Candidate | # | % |
| Greg Raths (R) | 12,667 | 19.73% |
| Young Kim (R) | 20,233 | 31.51% |
| Asif Mahmood (D) | 30,562 | 47.59% |
| Nick Taurus (R) | 755 | 1.18% |
45th District
| Candidate | # | % |
| Long K Pham (R) | 5,179 | 10.28% |
| Michelle Steel (R) | 22,316 | 44.28% |
| Jay F. Chen (D) | 22,897 | 45.44% |
47th District
| Candidate | # | % |
| Errol Weber (R) | 857 | 1.24% |
| Amy Phan West (R) | 4,614 | 6.70% |
| Katie Porter (D) | 40,005 | 58.07% |
| Brian Burley (R) | 4,836 | 7.02% |
| Scott Baugh (R) | 18,576 | 26.97% |
