Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., is still waiting to hear whether she’s been reelected in the 45th Congressional District, with the race too close to call amid outstanding mail-in ballots.

Steel’s lead is just over 2 points, 51.1%-48.9%, with 17% of the vote left to count. Derek Tran, 41, a consumer rights attorney and small business owner who graduated from Massachusetts’ Bentley University, trails by more than 6,000 votes.

Steel, a gruduate of California’s Pepperdine University, is among those Republicans who could officially give the party the 218 seats needed to retain the House majority.

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