In the lead-up to November, LAist found through a public records review that—while on the Orange County Board of Supervisors during the height of the pandemic—Steel [the Republican candidate] had awarded a $1.2 million contract for meals for seniors to a marketing and printing company involved in her congressional election campaign

Elon Musk’s America PAC spent nearly $800,000 supporting Steel’s campaign and more than $500,000 opposing Tran, while the pro-cryptocurrency super PAC Fairshake spent roughly $2.8 million helping Steel.

Steel really was a “for the people” type of candidate. /s