California State Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine),

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running for Congress next year in a competitive Orange County district

was released from the Sacramento County Jail on Wednesday

, according to data from the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department. Min said in a social media post that quoted him

crime

Driving under the influence

“Last night I was ticketed for a drunk driving offense,” Min wrote on Facebook

Wednesday

. “My decision to ride last night was irresponsible. I accept full responsibility and there is no excuse for my actions. To my family, voters and supporters, I am so deeply sorry. I know I have to do better. I will don’t let it happen.” personal failures distract from our work in California and in Washington.”

Min’s campaign declined to unofficially answer additional questions.

Min is running for the hotly contested 47th Congressional District, currently represented by Representative Katie Porter (D-Irvine), seeking to replace Senator Dianne Feinstein. Min will run against former State Councilman Scott Baugh, a Republican, for the purple district seat that the GOP is putting its energy into turning red in 2024.

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The district includes Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach. Porter narrowly won a third term in Congress last year with 51.7% of the vote, according to the California Secretary of State’s office.

Min was elected to the Senate in 2020 after defeating an incumbent Republican representing a traditionally red district. He has turned his legislative attention to passing new gun control laws and fighting climate change. Min unsuccessfully passed legislation to ban offshore oil drilling after the 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill.

Min is a former law professor at UC Irvine with an extensive background in banking and housing policy.

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arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

In 2012, then-Councilman Roger Hernandez (D-Covina) was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, but a jury later ruled he was not guilty.

Then Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) was arrested in 2014

suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol

.

In 2010, then-Senator Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.