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| Young Kim will represent part of Orange County, CA in Congress. |
The GOP comeback in California's Orange County succeeded in recapturing two of the four Congressional seats representing the county, once a bastion of Republican conservatism.
Young Kim narrowly defeated first-term Congressman Gil Cisneros, who in 2018 won the 39th District seat held for 26 years by Republican Congressman Ed Royce. Kim, an aide for Royce before winning a position in the state legislature, beat Cisneros with about 4,000 votes.
The demographics of the 39th has been shifting in recent years towards the Democrats who hold a slight edge in registration. That means, most likely, that some Democratic Asian Americans crossed over to vote for Kim.
In social media, Kim thanked her supporters. “I hope we can unite and move forward to address the issues that our nation faces.”
“As an immigrant … I know that the promise of America is alive,” she added. Kim doesn't agree with all of Trump's positions, especially in immigration.
Kim joins Michelle Steel, another Korean American Republican who won the 45th District from Rep. Harley Rouda earlier this week. The two Orange County women, together with Washington's Marilyn Strickland, a Democrat, as the first Korean American women in Congress.
“I’m sorry I won’t be able to continue that work in Congress this January,” Cisneros said in a statement.
“I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me,” he added, hinting that he might not be through seeking public office.
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