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Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles

California’s Orange county was once a conservative bastion. Can it swing the balance of the US House in 2024?

A view of the Capitol building, with the US flag flying in front of it
Orange county is home to some of the most competitive congressional elections in the US. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

In the battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of the US House of Representatives, one region could hold the key to victory – Orange county, California’s historically conservative heartland.

For decades, the region – perhaps most famously described by Ronald Reagan as the place “where the good Republicans go before they die” – was a Republican stronghold and a hotbed for radical conservatives.

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