Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican known for his unapologetic

Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican known for his unapologetic pro-Russia stance, is projected to lose against Democrat 

Harley Rouda in California's 48th congressional district race.

As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rohrabacher has advocated for a better relationship with 

Russian President Vladimir. He has voted with President Trump nearly 84 percent of the time, according to 

nonpartisan analysis from FiveThirtyEight. He also has been known to back Trump's stance on immigration. 

Rouda, a businessman and lawyer promising to protect health care coverage and reduce gun violence, appeared to 

take the win Wednesday morning after midnight data showed a near tie between the two candidates. Rouda held over 

91,000 votes and Rohrabacher had 89,068.

Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives as midterm election results finalized. This ends 

unified Republican rule of Washington and opens the possibility that Trump could be investigated when they take 

power in January. They could demand Trump’s tax returns, subpoena his Cabinet members and investigate alleged 

corruption across the executive branch.

                                

He’s been called “Putin’s favorite congressman,” but if that’s true, the Russian president might soon have to find a new favorite: Pro-Russia Republican California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher appears to be headed for a narrow defeat against Democratic challenger Harley Rouda in Caifornia’s 48th congressional district.

Rouda is leading Rohrabacher 50.7 percent of the vote to 49.3 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting, according to the California Secretary of State’s Office. However, mail-in ballots can be received until Friday, and the final vote likely won’t be certified until December.

Rohrabacher earned his appellation for his dogged opposition of the Magnitsky Act, which barred members of the Vladimir Putin regime allegedly involved in the death of Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky from entering the U.S. or accessing American banks, according to Politico.

Rohrabacher even says he once drunkenly arm wrestled with Putin in the 1990s, according to ABC News.

Rohrabacher, a 15-term congressman, was so important to Russian interests that the Kremlin gave him his own code name, according to The New York Times.

Rouda, Rohrabacher’s likely successor in the U.S. House, is a former Republican and real estate executive who changed parties and said that “President Trump has changed everything,” according to The Daily Beast.