Katie Porter Vs. Scott Baugh, California’s forty seventh District US Home Election

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• Rep. Katie Porter ran in opposition to Republican Scott Baugh in California’s forty seventh Congressional District.
• The forty seventh District is situated alongside the California shoreline in Orange County. 
• Porter had an enormous battle chest — she ranked within the high 5 amongst congressional fundraisers. 

Democratic Rep. Katie Porter defeated Republican Scott Baugh in California’s forty seventh Congressional District.

Polls closed within the state at 8 p.m. native time, or 11 p.m. EST.

California’s forty seventh Congressional District candidates

Porter ran for her third time period within the Home and sits on the Committee on Oversight and Authorities Reform.

Prior to being elected to Congress in 2018, she taught chapter legislation on the College of California, Irvine College of Legislation and served as a consumer and bankruptcy attorney for the Client Monetary Safety Bureau, the World Financial institution, the Federal Judicial Heart and the Uniform Legislation Fee. She additionally clerked for Choose Richard S. Arnold of the Eighth Circuit Court docket of Appeals. 

The 48-year-old Irvine Democrat had an enormous marketing campaign battle chest — she ranked within the top five amongst congressional fundraisers. 

Porter was elected to the Home in 2018, flipping the seat held by former Republican Rep. Mimi Walters to turn into the primary Democrat in historical past to flip the forty fifth Congressional District, a longtime Republican stronghold. In 2020, she retained her seat in opposition to Republican Greg Raths. 

She is a robust supporter of abortion rights and helped pass the Women’s Health Protection Act within the Home, which might codify Roe v. Wade abortion protections if enacted.

Baugh, Porter’s challenger, is an legal professional who owns the enterprise legislation agency, Scott Baugh & Associates. Prior to running for Congress, Baugh represented Orange County within the California Meeting, served as its Republican chief, and chaired the Orange County Republican Social gathering for 11 years. 

This was Baugh’s third time working for the forty seventh Congressional District seat. In 2018, Baugh got here in fourth in a crowded, nonpartisan main, which put him out of the final election. And in 2020, he withdrew from the first. 

Baugh got here in second to Porter within the 2022 nonpartisan main, bringing in 30.8% of the vote to Porter’s 51% — sufficient to qualify him for the final election.

On abortion, he told the Orange County Register, “Others could disagree as to exactly when life begins, however there ought to be no disagreement as as to whether it’s OK to abort youngsters who’ve reached the purpose of viability. We have to promote a tradition of life in America — not a tradition of termination.” 

Voting historical past for California’s forty seventh Congressional District

California’s forty seventh Congressional District is an prosperous coastal district that covers a big swath of Orange County. It contains the inland metropolis of Irvine, the place Porter taught shopper legislation on the College of California, Irvine, in addition to the coastal cities of Huntington Seaside, Laguna Seaside, and Newport Seaside. 

After the district strains had been finalized, Porter introduced she would switch districts to run in the new 47th District, a coastal district that encompasses her hometown of Irvine. 

The cash race

In response to OpenSecrets, Porter raised $22.7 million, spent $24.1 million, and had about $8.9 million available, as of October 19. Her opponent, Baugh, raised $2.7 million, spent practically $2.6 million, and had $139,000 money available, as of October 19.

As of late October, a number of dozen tremendous PACs, nationwide get together committees, politically energetic nonprofits, and different non-candidate teams collectively spent about $8.2 million to advocate for or in opposition to candidates on this race, together with through the race’s main part. Almost all of this exterior cash was spent to spice up Baugh, with Republican tremendous PACs Congressional Management Fund and Membership for Progress Motion main all others.

What consultants say

The race between Porter and Baugh was rated as “lean Democratic” by Inside Elections, “toss-up” by The Cook Political Report, and “leans Democratic” by Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.