In this Sept. 7, 2019, photo, Michelle Steel, Republican candidate for California's 48th Congressional District, speaks during the California GOP fall convention in Indian Wells, Calif. Steel defeated first-term Rep. Harley Rouda on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in a Southern California district, only the second time in more than two decades that a GOP candidate in the state has defeated an incumbent Democrat. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) **FILE**