Republican Ken Calvert was elected to the United States House of Representatives from California’s 40th Congressional District on Monday, defeating Republican incumbent Young Kim. The Associated Press called the race for Calvert at 9:31 pm EST on Monday. The race included an unusual general election struggle between two incumbents from the same party.
Young was first elected to Congress in 2020 and became one of the prominent Korean American Republicans in the House. We won, and I could not be more grateful.” Because voters saw two sitting Republican members competing against each other instead of a traditional Democrat-Republican matchup, the California race was unusual.
Both candidates were in a district that includes parts of Orange County and the Inland Empire. She added that she was grateful to her family, volunteers, supporters and voters who backed her campaign.
In her concession message, Kim thanked residents who supported her campaign and said serving Southern California had been a privilege. Before election officials completed the vote count, Calvert declared victory and said the result reflected strong support from voters. Calvert said in a statement last week, “Election officials are still counting ballots, but the outcome of this race is clear.
When California voters adopted new congressional boundaries that favored Democrats last year, Kim and Calvert were assigned to the same district.
