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Two counter-caveats should be added: As late votes are counted, the Democrats’ vote-share loss continues to shrink, and those losses were largest in noncompetitive states where the Harris campaigns did not focus.

Votes in Orange County are still being counted and final numbers aren’t required to be certified by the county until Dec. 5 and by the state until Dec. 13.

As Orange County and Los Angeles County counted mail ballots, Steel’s margin of victory shrank to 58 votes before Tran took the lead 11 days after the election.

Of those, seven ballots had been “cured” — and will be counted — after elections officials have contacted the voters by knocking on their doors or calling.

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