Two Democrats are trying to flip California’s 40th congressional district and unseat Rep. Young Kim, a Republican from Anaheim Hills who is serving her second term in Congress.
Kim is being challenged by retired fire captain Joe Kerr and Tustin Unified School District President Allyson Muñiz Damikolas.
Kim’s seat is deemed “likely Republican” by the Cook Political Report, which analyzes elections. According to state data, Republicans account for 37.9% of all the registered voters in the district, which covers portions of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, while 33.9% are Democrats and 22% are no party preference voters.
CA-40 is one of 31 House seats held by Republicans that the national Democratic Party’s campaign arm sees as a “key to winning a Democratic House majority.”
Kim, who in 2020 became one of the first Korean American women elected to Congress, said she grew up in South Korea in the aftermath of the Korean War and felt firsthand the constant threat of the North Korean regime. That’s why she supports “aid to our allies and partners in Ukraine and Israel as they defend themselves and their livelihoods against rogue aggression by Vladimir Putin and Hamas terrorists,” Kim said.
But Kim, who sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee and chairs the Indo-Pacific Subcommittee, said that “supporting allies and partners cannot take precedence over our nation’s priorities.”
“Oversight of the administration is a top priority of mine,” she said. “I’m watching like a hawk how taxpayer dollars are being spent and fighting to ensure America projects strength on the world stage.”
Damikolas, a Democrat, said, “Congress has a responsibility to the American…
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