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In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Young Kim, then a Republican candidate for the 39th Congressional District in California, speaks to supporters in the Rowland Heights section of Los Angeles. This year, Kim narrowly defeated Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros in a Southern California district the GOP lost two years ago. Kim, a former state legislator, won her rematch with Cisneros and gave Republicans their second House victory over a Democratic incumbent in Orange County this election. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Young Kim wins; California Republicans claim second Democratic U.S. House seat

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Young Kim, then a Republican candidate for the 39th Congressional District in California, speaks to supporters in the Rowland Heights section of Los Angeles. This year, Kim narrowly defeated Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros in a Southern California district the GOP lost two years ago. Kim, a former state legislator, won her rematch with Cisneros and gave Republicans their second House victory over a Democratic incumbent in Orange County this election. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

GOP captures second Democratic US House seat in California

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018 file photo, then-California congressional candidates Josh Harder attends at the Take It Back California event where former President Barack Obama campaigns in support of California congressional candidates Anaheim, Calif. California is one of the most heavily Democratic states in the country, but Republicans this year are determined to regain a string of U.S. House seats the party lost to Democrats two years ago. President Donald Trump, who wants the House back under GOP control and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demoted, has said that with hard work Republicans &quot;can pick up seven seats in the state of California.&quot;(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Republicans hope for US House turnaround in California

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2018, [jpyp. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives for a news conference as some disgruntled Democrats are pledging to oppose her ascent to the speakership in the new 116th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington. Her rise to speaker of the House from 2007 to 2011 made her the highest-ranking female politician in U.S. history. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Incoming House Democrat snubs Pelosi, wants ‘new leadership’

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Democratic candidate for California's 39th Congressional District, Gil Cisneros, speaks at an election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Gil Cisneros beats Young Kim in California House race

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, Gil Cisneros, a Democratic candidate who is running for a U.S. House seat in California's 39th District, speaks during a campaign stop in Buena Park, Calif. Cisneros captured a Republican-held U.S. House seat in Southern California on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, capping a Democratic rout in which the party picked up six congressional seats in the state. Cisneros had been in a tight battle with Republican Young Kim for the seat held by retiring Republican Rep. Ed Royce. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Another House win caps Democratic rout in California

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, Gil Cisneros, a Democratic candidate who is running for a U.S. House seat in California's 39th District, speaks during a campaign stop in Buena Park, Calif. Cisneros captured a Republican-held U.S. House seat in Southern California on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, capping a Democratic rout in which the party picked up six congressional seats in the state. Cisneros had been in a tight battle with Republican Young Kim for the seat held by retiring Republican Rep. Ed Royce. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Democrat Cisneros nabs GOP House seat in Southern California

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

The Latest: Democrat increases lead in California House race

Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, photo a supporter holds up a sign for Gil Cisneros, a candidate who is running for a U.S. House seat in the 39th District in California, at a rally on the Cal State Fullerton campus in Fullerton, Calif. For decades, Orange County, California, was known as a Republican stronghold but times have changed. A sign of the change is in the 39th District, where, Young Kim, a Korean immigrant Republican is running against Cisneros, a Hispanic Democrat. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Orange County, California’s diversity emboldens Democrats

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press