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John Seiler: Jenny Rae Le Roux’s tough road to Congress

May 27, 2026

In the June 2 election, Jenny Rae Le Roux faces several obstacles in her bid for election to the U.S. Congress as a Republican in the 47th District of California. Nine candidates are running: Libertarian Derrick Michael Reid, whom I profiled on May 10, two Democrats, four Republicans and two No Party Preference.

In my interview, I found Le Roux intelligent and well-informed on the issues. She runs Management Consulted and the spirited Matson Vineyards. She is the director of CAL DOGE, which still works to cut waste in California government in the manner of Elon Musk’s federal Department of Government Efficiency, unfortunately disbanded.

She is endorsed by the Republican Party of Orange County, the California Hispanic Republican Club, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton and many elected officials. She and incumbent Democrat Dave Min should become the finalists in this top-two primary election in the Nov. 3 general.

Her first obstacle: Min’s incumbency. According to Ballotpedia, nationally the House incumbent win rate in 2024 was 97%.

She parried that by pointing to Min’s record in Congress. “We have a large independent and No Party Preference vote in the 47th District,” she said. “I relate to our NPP voters in terms of ideology and messaging. They’ve told us that cost of living is their number one issue.”

She said Min has voted to increase the cost of living, pointing to his opposition to the tax cuts in Trump’s 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill. At the time, Min attacked, “The $5 trillion tax giveaway that Trump is pushing for the wealthiest people in the world.”

Actually, the BBB extended Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, including those to the middle class. Yes, billionaires got their tax cuts extended. If those taxes had returned, the country immediately would have been slammed into a recession. And our “wealthiest people” need capital to invest in jobs and business creation – and to compete with China. Who best can invest billions and build a rocket? Elon Musk? Or Dave Min?

Le Roux, with her business experience, scores high there against Min, a law school professor and professional politician.

She said, “Voters also feel, in general, Min promised them he would govern as a moderate, but he has governed as a progressive.”

Her second obstacle: Proposition 50, the gerrymandering measure voters passed last November. It shifted the 47th District’s boundaries to exclude conservative Huntington Beach and Seal Beach. And previously it included only part of Irvine, the liberal university town where Le Roux, Min and I live. Now the district includes all of the Beige Kingdom.

Her third obstacle: Le Roux supports President Trump’s Iran War, while Min on March 3 branded it “a costly and illegal war.” An April 27 CBS News/YouGov poll tallied 67% of Californians disapproved of the “U.S. taking military action against Iran.”

She said Americans are “open to and supportive of swift, decisive action overseas, when it is in America’s best interest.” She said that remains true. Specifically, “It is not acceptable and never will be acceptable for Iran to possess a nuclear weapon.” But she opposed “forever wars.”

Let’s hope the ongoing negotiations end the war soon. Meanwhile, the high energy costs from the war are defeating Le Roux’s call to reduce the high cost of living. On May 26, the Auto Club pegged average regular gas prices in California at $6.11 a gallon. War inherently is inflationary.

I’m conflicted on this, as I hate this war. But I agree with Le Roux’s domestic agenda and oppose Min’s. I also remember his unfair and inaccurate attacks in the 2020 state Senate election, when he defeated Sen. John Moorlach, for whom I was serving as press secretary.

Because this race also uses the faulty top-two system, Le Roux and Min will be fighting the next five months even as the national issues change. If the war is over by then, I’ll consider backing Le Roux. Until then, I can’t.

John Seiler is on the SCNG Editorial Board

Orange County Register

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