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Young Kim

Young Kim

Republican · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

6 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2021

  • Representative CA-39 2021–present

Background

  • role U.S. representative for California's 40th congressional district, after representing the 39th from 2021 to 2023
  • role Served in the California State Assembly, 65th district, from 2014 to 2016
  • achievement First South Korean-born Republican woman elected to the California State Legislature
  • achievement One of the first Korean-American women elected to the U.S. Congress in 2020
  • background South Korean-born businesswoman
  • background Born October 18, 1962

Campaign finance

2024 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CA-40 · 2026 General Election

  • $9,244,756 raised
  • $7,906,736 spent
  • $1,737,498 cash on hand
$9.24M
$8.16M
$6.01M
Itemized (≥ $200)$3.74M
Unitemized (< $200)$2.27M
Party committees$10.00K
Other committees (PACs)$2.14M
Transfers from other committees$1.02M
Offsets to expenditures$18.51K
Other receipts$49.37K
$7.91M
Operating expenditures$6.85M
Contribution refunds$158.44K
Transfers to other committees$10.00K
Other disbursements$886.77K
Cash on hand$1.74M
Debts owed by committee$84.43K

Through December 31, 2024 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2024)

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Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Young Kim campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$2,907,666$2,902,332$5,334
2020$6,399,544$6,001,951$402,927
2022$9,333,901$9,337,350$399,479
2024$9,244,756$7,906,736$1,737,498
2026$8,837,239$8,893,142$1,680,490

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 55
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 354 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 55 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 7
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Young Kim. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (7)

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • NULL $166,350
  • FOUNDERS FUND $14,307
  • VETERANS GUARDIAN VA CLAIM CONSULTING $13,200
  • EDWARD C. LEVY CO. $13,200
  • APOLLO $11,100
  • HUGGINS DRECKMAN INS $11,054
  • CAPITAL GROUP $10,000
  • UNI CAPS LLC $9,900
  • STARLIGHT INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • J.W. CHILDS ASSOCIATES $9,900

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $847,047 supporting · $4,538,872 opposing · 7 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $2,344,091 supporting · $4,404 opposing · 10 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Kim, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Kim most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Kim connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10082Credit Union Investment Authority ActcosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 9963North Korean FAKER ActsponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9929To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HRES 1455Honoring and commending the 100th anniversary of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9893Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9858STRATA Act of 2026sponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9709Medicare Premiums Reduction Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HR 9680Replace UNRWA with Real Humanitarian Assistance ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HR 9583Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act of 2026sponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9434REG Act of 2026sponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9329SEC Reform and Restructuring ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9331STOP Payments Fraud Act of 2026sponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9368Voter ID ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9212VA Emergency Transportation ActcosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9097American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 9061PREEMPT ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HR 9062BOOST American Business ActsponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HRES 1328Honoring the 80th anniversary of United States-Philippine relations.cosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HRES 1320Calling upon all Americans on this Memorial Day, 2026, to honor the men and women of the Armed Forces who have died in the pursuit of freedom and peace.cosponsoredMay 21, 2026
  • HR 8892CAL Repayment ActcosponsoredMay 18, 2026
  • HRES 1280Supporting the designation the week of May 10 through May 16, 2026, as "Taiwanese American Heritage Week".cosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HR 8784Bereaved Parents Rights ActcosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HRES 1278Reaffirming congressional support for the Taiwan Relations Act and longstanding bipartisan Taiwan policy.cosponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HRES 1259Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People’s Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping.cosponsoredMay 6, 2026
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Committee activity

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