After days of vote counting, Rep. Katie Porter staved off a challenge from former state Assemblyman Scott Baugh, a Republican, to win a third term in Congress, NBCNews projects.
After days of vote counting, Porter staved off a challenge from former state Assemblyman Scott Baugh, a Republican, to win a third term in Congress.Porter, 48, is best known for viral videos of her sharp questioning of witnesses testifying before Congress. The former law school professor often used a dry-erase board to list user-friendly facts and figures to make her point.
She has served in the House since 2019, representing the 45th Congressional District, and is deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. In the 2022 midterm election cycle, Porter raised more than $23 million compared to Baugh, who raised more than $2 million, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
Baugh, 60, served as an assemblyman in California's Legislature from 1995 to 2000. During his last year in the statehouse, he was the assembly's GOP leader. More recently, Baugh was chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, from 2004 to 2015. The 47th Congressional District in coastal Orange County between Long Beach and San Clemente was once been dominated by Republicans but now is more mixed.
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