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https://www.c-span.org/video/?453297-1/california-48th-congressional-district-debate
Video coverage from one of their debates to show the fire and drama in their controversy. Rouda would emphasize points that make him appealing to the eye such as global warming and medicare for immigrants. Rohrbacher did the same, but emphasized how he thought Rouda would raise taxes. Rouda also brought up some of the obscure comments that Rohrbacher has made such as "Citizens should not be able to sell their homes to Gays".

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After the continuous debates between Rouda and Rohrbacher, the two had very close polls. Rohrbacher would emphasize the importance of the Republican beliefs being embellished in this community of Orange County. He would speak on behalf of the fact he has been the incumbent, as well as that the area seems to be thriving. Rouda emphasized the importance of the democratic beliefs in this district, which is apart of a democratic heavy state. Rohrbacher would constantly speak about how we should have a relationship with Russia and follow some of their political beliefs. Rouda would commonly speak about the importance of public health care and abortion rights.

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http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-voc-debate-20181016-story.html
Rohrbacher and Rouda faced off about Russia, health care, and more topics. Rohrbacher proved to have strong feelings on Russia and Rouda was the same way for Healthcare.

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Why did he win?
- California is a democrat heavy state. Nearly every presidential election, the democrats have taken the electoral votes of the state of California. After the recent presidential election, Hilary Clinton was carried in this area. Though they are mainly Republican, the fact Hilary won this district shown a pre-read that the HoR results to be Democratic as well. Rohrbacher was losing favorability in the district as his time in office continued. This area has always generated HoR that are republican, but with recent controversy, the district looked for a switch of the party.

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As of Friday November 9th,  the election has not been officially called, and perhaps we are waiting for a recount. Currently, according to The New York Times, the results lean towards Harley Rouda to win by a margin of 4,756 votes. (98,259-93,503 votes)

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We are predicting Dana Rohrbacher will win the 2018 Midterm elections. The New York Times states in their polls that there is 45% for Rouda, 45% for Rohrbacher, and 10% undecided. With this poll in mind, we decided to predict Rohrbacher would win not only because he is the incumbent, but also because the California 48th is a mainly Republican part of the state. We believe that Rohrbacher will also win the election because he has been in the House since 1989, showing that he has a lot more experience than Rouda. Even though Rohrbacher’s views on cooperation with Russia are opinionated and have shown to hurt candidates in past election, this part of the state is actually fond of his ideals especially with Trump in office. Also with Orange County being one of the wealthiest parts of the country, Rohrbacher’s republican views will help the majority of the population. Our prediction reflects the evidence because even with a close-race, Rohrbacher will win the race because of his experience and connection to California 48th.

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- Democratic Candidate
- No political experience, businessman/ Realtor
Funded by: California Nurses Association, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, National Education Association, Sierra Club, Equality California
- Wants to help the hard-working blue collar workers of Orange County
- Fights for Medicare
-Pro feminists
-Pro supporting lower paying jobs
-Anti Brett Kavanaugh
Pro educational funds
-Pro equality
- Pro Climate Change (Rohrbacher says it does not have to be addressed)
His fundings show that he is a strong liberal man. He is in support of minorities and equality, ad well as public health care and abortion rights. It is shown in the funding that these are his views.

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- Republican
- Representing the district for 30 years
- Funded by: National Association of Realtors, United Parcel Service
- Rohrabacher is strong anti abortion
- He is pro NRA
- He is pro Russia
- He does not like public health care
- For civil rights, he voted NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Woman Act
-  Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual representation
- Voted YES on banning gay adoption
- Pro medicare
- Claims that he lowers taxes that democrats will higher
- claims if you are gay, you should not be able to hold property
- Funded by National Association of Realtors and other business foundations which reveals that a lot of civil rights groups disagree with his stances.

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Current Governors/ Senate For California 

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Current Governors/ Senate For California 

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Governor: Jerry Brown- Served since 2011

Senate Members: Dianne Feinstein (since 1992), Kamala Harris (since 2017)

House of Representative: for the 48th- Dana Rohrabacher (2013- Present Day)

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History of House of Representatives in California 48th District 

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History of House of Representatives in California 48th District 

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- January 1993- January 2001: Republican Ron Packard

- January 2001- January 2003: Republican Darrell Issa

- January 2003- August 2005: Republican Christopher Cox

- August 2, 2005- December 7, 2005- Vacant

- December 7, 2005 - January 2013: Republican John Campbell

- January 2013- present day: Republican Dana Rohrabacher

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History Of California Voting (last 18 years)

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History Of California Voting (last 18 years)

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1996: Democratic Bill Clinton

2000: Democratic Al Gore

2004: John Kerry Democratic

2008: Democratic Barack Obama

2012: Democratic Barack Obama

2016: Democratic Hillary Clinton

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18,055,783 Total
- 7,932,272 Democrats (43.9%)
- 5,225,675 Republicans (28.9%)
All of this is information from 2013

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Total population- 37,253,956 (2017-18)

Female: 18,736,126

Male: 18,517,830

White: 21,453,934

Hispanic/Latino:14,013,719

Asian: 4,861,007

Black or African American: 2,299,072

Two or More Races: 1,815,384

American Indians: 362,801

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 144,386

Three or More Races: 141,883

Native Hawaiian: 21,423

Alaskan Native Tribes: 2,329

Some Other Race: 6,317,372

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Dana Rohrbacher- Republican (incumbent)
Harley Rouda- Democratic

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California 48th District Election for the House of Representatives 

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California 48th District Election for the House of Representatives 

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By Sophia Sudano, Jake Stein, Chris Tovar