Harley Rouda Democrat Contender for the 48-Congressional District not hitting the news or media and very bad start. Democrat Harley Rouda has emerged victorious from an ultra-tight primary race that came down to fewer than 130 votes to challenge long-time Republican incumbent Congressman Dana Rohrabacher in coastal Orange County. Rouda, a real estate investor, was in a fight for the second slot on the November ballot. He'd been running neck and neck since election day with fellow Democrat Hans Keirstead, a stem cell researcher. Both men had hoped to be the one to challenge Rohrabacher to represent the 48th Congressional District, which runs from Laguna Beach north to the Los Angeles County border. Rohrabacher, a 30-year incumbent, got 30 percent of the vote in the June 5 primary among a crowded field of eight Democrats, six Republicans, one Libertarian and one independent candidate. Rouda and Keirstead each got a little over 17 percent of the votes and Republican S
