Michelle Steel

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Michelle Steel ran for U.S. House in CA-45 in 2026 as a Republican (lost).

American diplomat and politician (born 1955)

U.S. House - CA-45RepublicanLostVugol ID VM-SFG-9F7F FEC H0CA48198

Ran for U.S. House, CA-45, 2026 · Lost to Derek Tran (Democratic). Unofficial result, not yet certified. Wikipedia (House results table)

On the California ballot, Nov 3, 2026 United States Representative, District 45, 2 names on the official list. Election Day has passed; see the ballot as it was.

Link: vugol.me/p/michelle-steel

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

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Michelle Steel, Photo — Photo · State of California · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Michelle Steel, Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from United States Department of State · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Races

2026 · U.S. House, CA-45 · General · Republican · on the ballot
2024 · U.S. House, CA-45 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, CA-45 · General · Republican · won · 113,960 votes (52.4%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, CA-48 · General · Republican · won · 201,738 votes (51.1%) · source

Background

Michelle Eunjoo Steel is an American politician and diplomat who is the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. Steel was nominated to the position on April 13, 2026 and confirmed by a 55–39 vote of the U.S. Senate on June 17, 2026.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-11-05 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Steel

Campaign finance

$1,252,672total raised (2026 cycle)

$2,156,133total spent (2026 cycle)

$0cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2025-10-09 · Source: FEC

Website and social

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Sources

Background, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-11-05 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Steel
Website and social links, Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6837200
Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0CA48198/
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelle-steel.jpg
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congresswoman_Michelle_Steel.jpg
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelle_Steel,_117th_Congress.jpg
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelle_Steel_(CA-48).jpg
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelle_Steel_at_Joint_Forces_Training_Base_Los_Alamitos,_California_-_2017_(38456515972).jpg
photo_headshot https://github.com/unitedstates/images
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelle_Steel,_117th_Congress_(cropped).jpg

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