House of Representatives
Representatives are elected to two-year terms to represent the people in a congressional district. They make laws and approve the federal budget.
In the 2024 Elections, voters will elect representatives for every congressional district. They serve two-year terms.
Derek Tran for Congressional District 45
Derek Tran is a consumer rights attorney and small business owner. Tran serves as a commissioner in the city of Orange and is the child of refugees from Vietnam.
Priorities
- supporting working families with unions, affordable housing, healthcare, and education
- preventing gun violence and ensuring children and teachers are safe
- ensuring women and their families can make informed decisions on reproductive healthcare
Endorsements
- Vicente Sarmiento, Orange County Supervisor, District 2
- Susan Sonne, Buena Park Mayor Pro Tem
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
How to do the Candidates compare in Congressional District 45?
Michelle Steel (Republican)
Housing, Economy and the environment
- Steel voted against supporting working families when they purchase their first home. (HR3238)
- Steel is against stopping oil companies from price gouging gas prices and against prohibiting drilling off the coasts of Southern California. (HR7688, HR21)
- Steel tried to harm a nature preserve that is used by families in Orange County by selling a portion of Upper Newport Bay to be used as a private jet airport.
Health Care and Women’s Reproductive Rights
- Steel supports a nationwide ban of abortions and opposes protecting immigrant women who are victims of domestic violence. (HR1011, HR1620)
- Steel intends to put the community’s health at risk by repealing the Affordable Care Act program, also known as Obamacare.
- Steel voted against lowering the cost of insulin. (S954)
Notable Endorsements and Contributions
Derek Tran (Democrat)
Housing, Economy and the environment
- Tran supports affordable housing for working families and making the minimum wage a living wage.
- Tran supports efforts to stop climate change and its destructive effect in communities, by focusing on clean energy and supporting unions and job trainings for a just transition to a green economy.
Health Care and Women’s Reproductive Rights
- Tran supports women’s reproductive rights. He is endorsed by Planned Parenthood.
- Tran supports providing quality and affordable healthcare to everyone by expanding the Medicare program.
- Tran supports making healthcare and prescription drugs affordable and putting the community’s health before the profits of big insurance and pharmacy companies.
Notable Endorsements and Contributions
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- Labor Unions (AFSCME, UNITE-HERE, SEIU)