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Dave Min: “I represent all those cities except for Seal Beach.”

Featuring: Dave Min, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 47

MEET DAVE MIN, CA-47 candidate for Congress

Published November 6, 2023 | Video Starts at 18:13

And so I represent right now over 80% of the district, as you mentioned. And so the cities in this district are Irvine, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington beach, and Seal beach. And I represent all those cities except for Seal Beach. and I think there's a misimpression that this is somehow like a maga area. And that's because every time you see news about a KKK rally in California, it's in Huntington beach. (18:13–18:17)

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Asserts representing all cities in the district except Seal Beach.

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