Korean American Rep. Young Kim Loses in U.S. Midterm Elections
AP report
Young Kim, a Korean American Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, lost her bid for reelection in the November 3 U.S. midterm elections.
The Associated Press called the race on November 9 local time, declaring incumbent Republican Ken Calvert the winner over fellow Republican Young Kim (Korean name: Kim Young-ok) in California's 40th Congressional District.
The two lawmakers ended up facing off in the same district after it was redrawn last year in a way that favored Democrats. During the campaign, both sought to highlight their loyalty to President Donald Trump and their ties to the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement.
Kim was a prominent Korean American congresswoman who had been active as chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, but she was unable to overcome Calvert, a 17-term incumbent and senior member of the party.
The 40th District became what was effectively an intraparty Republican contest because of redistricting. Until the previous election, Calvert had run in the 41st District. But after redistricting turned the 41st District into a Democratic-leaning area, he moved to the 40th District to run.
California uses a so-called "jungle primary" system, under which the two candidates who receive the most votes advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation. As a result, candidates from the same party sometimes face off in the general election. Kim was born in Incheon and moved with her family to the U.S. territory of Guam in 1975. After attending middle and high school there, she graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.
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Kim entered politics after working in the financial sector and then as an apparel entrepreneur, when her husband encouraged her to become an aide to former congressman Ed Royce, a strong supporter of Korea. She was subsequently elected to the California State Assembly in 2014 and entered Congress in 2020, where she went on to serve three terms.
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