I've never been so happy to be wrong. I was stupidly thinking that the precincts left would bring many votes, but the precinct maps were never re-drawn in the East and 9th ward, I guess.
Sorry for scaring everyone!
To give everyone an idea on how amazing of a win this is, the LA 2nd district has been considered one of the most reliably Dem seats in the entire country. It’s got a weird gerrymandered shape and is designed to be a black district. For a Vietnamese Republican to win is pretty cool. According to the wiki, “No Republican has represented this district since Reconstruction.”
A lot of those 9th Ward people moved to Houston and helped elect Democrats to county offices in Harris County on Nov. 4.