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EXCLUSIVE: The Republican cousin of Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia Thursday launched a campaign for Congress in California as she tries to flip a blue seat red.
In an announcement shared first with Fox News Digital, entrepreneur Jenny Rae Le Roux declared her candidacy for the U.S. House in California’s 47th Congressional District, a competitive seat in Orange County that is held by first-term Democratic Rep. Dave Min, who is seeking re-election.
The Orange County district is being targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of the House GOP, as the party works to protect its razor-thin majority in the chamber in the 2026 midterm elections. Le Roux is one of four Republican candidates running in the June 2 primary against Min.
“I’m running because I love this district,” Le Roux told Fox News Digital. “I love California, and I don’t think that Dave Min has represented this district in a way that people are excited about.”
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Republican Jenny Rae Le Roux, a cousin of Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, is launching a U.S. House bid to flip a congressional seat from blue to red. (Jenny Rae Le Roux campaign)
And she argued that Min, who succeeded former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter in representing the district, which includes Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Newport Beach and Seal Beach, “presented as a moderate” as he ran for Congress two years ago, but “he is governing and messaging as a progressive.”
“A lot of my district is actually not that interested in progressive politics. They want schools that work, roads that operate, police that show up. They want the basic functioning of a governmental society that works,” Le Roux emphasized.
That’s the same argument Le Roux makes about her second cousin, whom she calls Abby.
“She really ran as a moderate in Virginia and is…
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