Scott Baugh vs. the World

Published: June 5, 2018, 11:34 a.m.

NEWPORT BEACH, California\u2014The House race in California\u2019s 48th congressional district was supposed to be like so many others this year: An upscale, suburban, traditionally Republican suburb that had voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, where Democrats would target a longtime and suddenly vulnerable incumbent. After 30 years in the House, Rep.