Young Oak Kim (; born October 18, 1962) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the
U.S. representative
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for
California's 39th congressional district. Her district includes northern parts of
Orange County
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*Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando
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. In the
2020 United States House of Representatives elections
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, Kim,
Michelle Park Steel
Michelle Eunjoo Steel ( Park, born June 21, 1955) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district since 2023, previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A ...
, and
Marilyn Strickland
Marilyn Strickland (born September 25, 1962) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Washington's 10th congressional district. The district is based in the state capital of Olympia, and also includes much of eastern Tacoma ...
became the first three
Korean-American
Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian Americans ...
women elected to the
United States Congress
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. Kim and Steel are also the first Korean-Americans elected to Congress from California since
Jay Kim
Jay Chang Joon Kim (; born March 27, 1939) is a Korean- American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California and ambassador for Korean-American relations. He was the first Korean American to be elected to t ...
.
A member of the
Republican Party, Young Kim served as the
California State Assembly
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The A ...
woman for the
65th district from 2014 to 2016, defeating the incumbent Democrat
Sharon Quirk-Silva
Sharon Quirk-Silva (born September 17, 1962) is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 65th Assembly District, which includes portions of northern Orange County, including La ...
in 2014. Kim lost the seat in a rematch with Quirk-Silva in 2016. Kim was the first South Korean-born Republican woman elected to the
California State Legislature
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.
In
2018
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, Kim was the Republican nominee in California's 39th congressional district, narrowly losing to
Democrat
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
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Gil Cisneros
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in the general election. In
2020
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, Kim defeated Cisneros in a rematch. Along with Steel and
David Valadao
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, Kim was among the first three Republican candidates to unseat an incumbent House Democrat in
California
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since
1994
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.
Early life and education
Kim was born in 1962 in
Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
, South Korea,
and spent her childhood in
Seoul
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. She and her family left South Korea in 1975, living first in
Guam
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,
where she finished junior high school, and then
Hawaii
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, where she attended high school.
She has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...
.
Career
Private sector
After graduating from USC, Kim worked as a financial analyst for
First Interstate Bank and then as a controller for JK Sportswear Manufacturing.
She also started her own business in the clothing industry.
Kim worked for state senator
Ed Royce
Edward Randall Royce (born October 12, 1951) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1993 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Royce served as Chairman of the United ...
after her husband met Royce while promoting a nonprofit organization, the Korean American Coalition.
After Royce was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Kim worked for 21 years as his community liaison and director of Asian affairs.
During much of that time she also appeared regularly on her own television show, "LA Seoul with Young Kim", and her radio show, "Radio Seoul", on which she discussed political issues affecting Korean Americans.
California State Assembly
Kim was elected to the Assembly in 2014, defeating Democratic Assemblymember
Sharon Quirk-Silva
Sharon Quirk-Silva (born September 17, 1962) is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 65th Assembly District, which includes portions of northern Orange County, including La ...
. In 2016, Quirk-Silva defeated Kim.
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
2018
In 2017, Kim announced her candidacy for the
Orange County Board of Supervisors
The Orange County Board of Supervisors is the five-member governing body of Orange County, California along with being the executive of the county.
Membership
The Board consists of five Supervisors elected by districts to four-year terms by the ...
, a nonpartisan office, in the 4th district, which includes Fullerton, Placentia, La Habra, and Brea, plus portions of Anaheim and Buena Park. In January 2018, immediately after Royce announced his retirement, Kim announced that she would instead enter the race to succeed Royce as the representative for
California's 39th congressional district. Royce endorsed Kim the day after announcing his retirement.
Kim received the most votes in the primary election among a field of 17 candidates, allowing her to advance to the general election along with the Democratic candidate
Gil Cisneros
Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. (born February 12, 1971) is an American government official, philanthropist, and politician who serves as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in the Biden administration. A member of the Democratic Par ...
.
Polls showed a tight race throughout the campaign, and
FiveThirtyEight
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called the race a toss-up.
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(ABC News) Early results on the night of the election showed Kim with a 52.5%-47.5% lead,
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(Los Angeles Daily News) but she ultimately lost to Cisneros, who received 51.6% of the vote to Kim's 48.4% after mail-in ballots were counted.
As the ongoing ballot count showed Kim losing the race, she made allegations of voter fraud but provided no evidence. She conceded on November 18.
2020
In April 2019, Kim announced that she would run again to represent the 39th district. Immediately after her announcement, top party officials rallied behind her, including House Minority Leader
Kevin McCarthy
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. In the March 2020 jungle primary, Kim received 48.3% of the vote to Cisneros's 46.9%, and thus both advanced out of the primary to a rematch.
Kim proved to be one of the top House fund-raising challengers across the nation, outraising Cisneros $6.16 million to $4.36 million.
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, December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020. Unlike in the previous cycle, most election observers rated the race "Lean Democrat", with
FiveThirtyEight
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predicting Kim had a 26% chance of winning.
At the end of election night, Kim led by about 1,000 votes. As mail-in ballots were counted, her lead continued to grow, in contrast to the trend in the previous election. The
Associated Press
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projected her as the winner on November 13. She won even as Democratic presidential nominee
Joe Biden carried the district by 10 points. Kim,
Michelle Steel
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and
Marilyn Strickland
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became the first Korean-American women elected to Congress.
2022
In December 2021, Kim announced that she would seek reelection in
California's 40th congressional district
California's 40th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.
The district is currently represented by . The district includes Downey, East Los Angeles, Commerce, Paramount, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellfl ...
, due to redistricting.
Tenure
On January 3, 2021, Kim was sworn in to the
117th United States Congress
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.
On January 6, 2021, Kim voted to certify
Joe Biden's Electoral College victory, declining to support Republican-led efforts to
contest the results.
On January 13, 2021, Kim voted against the
second impeachment of Donald Trump
Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired. It was the fourth impeachment of a U.S. president, and the second for Trump after his first imp ...
. She said she supported censuring Trump but not impeaching him.
On February 4, 2021, Kim joined 10 other Republican House members voting with all voting Democrats to strip
Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Sources describing Greene as "far-right" include:
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of her
Education and Labor Committee and
Budget Committee assignments in response to controversial political statements she had made.
On February 25, 2021, Kim voted against the
Equality Act, a bill that would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation by amending the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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and the
Fair Housing Act
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Titles II through VII comprise the Indian Civil Rights Act, which applie ...
to explicitly include new protections. In a subsequent statement, Kim stated that she believed that all people should be treated with respect and given equal opportunities, but justified her vote on the grounds that the bill "undermines Americans’ religious freedoms, limits protections for people of faith and opens the door to ending the decades-long bipartisan Hyde Amendment."
On February 27, 2021, Kim joined all Republicans to vote against the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or American Rescue Plan, is a economic stimulus bill passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, to sp ...
, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, citing lack of bipartisanship and criticizing the bill for only having 9% of the funding directly going toward combating COVID-19, with most of the aid not spent until 2022.
Kim is rated among the most centrist of Republican representatives by
Govtrack, based on patterns of sponsorship and co-sponsorship of legislation with Democrats.
She voted opposite to the majority of the Republican caucus on several key votes, among them the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and a bill to delay spending cuts in Medicare and other services. Kim voted with the majority of the Republican caucus 96% of the time.
As of June 2022, Kim had voted in line with President
Joe Biden's stated position 27.3% of the time.
Committee assignments
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Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation
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Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Global Human Rights
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Committee on Small Business
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Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development, ''Ranking Member''
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Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
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Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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**
Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Caucus memberships
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Problem Solvers Caucus
*Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
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Congressional Taiwan Caucus
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Its counterpart in the Senate is the S ...
*Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans
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Republican Main Street Partnership
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Republican Governance Group
Political positions
Kim's congressional platform included opposition to the
Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and colloquially known as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by Presid ...
, support for
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, colloquially referred to as DACA, is a United States immigration policy that allows some individuals with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children to receive ...
recipients, support for "the anti-sanctuary city stance taken by the County Board of Supervisors" and support for
chain migration
Chain migration is the social process by which immigrants from a particular area follow others from that area to a particular destination. The destination may be in another country or in a new location within the same country.
John S. MacDonal ...
.
NBC News
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reported that the issues important to Kim included "creating jobs and keeping taxes low", "beef
ngup education funding in science, technology, engineering and math", and reforming the immigration system to "ensure those brought to the U.S. 'as children without legal documentation are treated fairly and with compassion.'"
She supports student loan forgiveness if the borrower is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Kim favors reduced regulations and increased trade.
She is a
fiscal conservative
Fiscal conservatism is a political and economic philosophy regarding fiscal policy and fiscal responsibility with an ideological basis in capitalism, individualism, limited government, and ''laissez-faire'' economics.M. O. Dickerson et al., ''A ...
.
Civil rights
LGBTQ+ rights
In 2014, Kim opposed a California law "requiring schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms of their choice and participate in sports by their gender identity rather than their anatomical gender." During an
Orange County Register
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interview, Kim said she opposed the law out of concern that new school facilities could need to be constructed, additional spending could be required, students could change their identity "on a whim", and that male-to-female transgender students would have an unfair advantage in sports. She has said transgender people "deserve to be respected" but that she does not believe that LGBT individuals were born with their identities or orientations.
Kim opposed
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...
in 2018. In 2015 she and 61 other Assembly members coauthored a resolution establishing June as Pride Month and recognizing
same-sex marriage
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. When asked about this, Kim said it was to "recognize individuals that are making contributions to our community
ncludingthe LGBTQ community."
In 2022, Kim opposed the
Respect for Marriage Act
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, which recognizes the validity of
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...
s. The law overturned the
Defense of Marriage Act
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. Kim voted against the several versions of the bill which came before the House.
Crime
In June 2020, after the rising calls to "
defund the police
"Defund the police" is a slogan that supports removing funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and o ...
" in the aftermath of
George Floyd
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's murder, Kim called these demands "irresponsible" and said that defunding law enforcement would make communities more vulnerable. She called for increased accountability and transparency in law enforcement, as well as an increase in training and reevaluation of guidelines to decrease the use of unnecessary force. Kim also argued that the first steps in making progress would require "treating each other with respect regardless of our race or occupation and having honest conversations without accusations or judgement."
Donald Trump
In June 2020, Kim criticized
President Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
for referring to COVID-19 as "
Kung Flu", and received backlash from some in her party.
Foreign affairs
Korea
Kim has expressed her concerns on the issue of
divided families on the Korean Peninsula, especially
Korean Americans
Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian American ...
with relatives in
North Korea
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. In February 2021, she and
Grace Meng
Grace Meng (born October 1, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, her district is in the New York City borough of ...
co-sponsored H.R.826, which would require the Secretary of State and the U.S. Special Envoy on North Korea Human Rights to prioritize helping reunite divided Korean American families.
Kim also worked on the
comfort woman
Comfort women or comfort girls were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II. The term "comfort women" is a translation of the Japanese '':ja: ...
issue from the days of
Korea under Japanese rule
Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business offic ...
and has said that victims of human trafficking and slavery should be supported. While a California assemblywoman, she attended a protest against Japan's war crimes during WWII at
Pershing Square, Los Angeles during Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍 晋三, Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), President of the Lib ...
's 2015 visit to the U.S. During that gathering, she spoke about comfort women and demanded that the Japanese government issue an apology. In February 2021, she criticized
Harvard Law School
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Each class ...
professor
John Mark Ramseyer
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's claims that those women were "willing sex workers" and urged him to apologize.
Taxes
In 2016, Kim's Assembly reelection platform included opposing changes to
Proposition 13
Proposition 13 (officially named the People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation) is an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process. The initiative was approved by California voters on J ...
, which limits
property taxes
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.
Personal life
Kim is married to Charles Kim, a nonprofit administrator and philanthropist. They live in
La Habra, California
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, and previously lived in Fullerton during her 2018 campaign. They have four children.
Kim is a
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
.
Electoral history
2014 California State Assembly election
2016 California State Assembly election
2018 California's 39th congressional district election
2020 California's 39th congressional district election
See also
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Asian Americans in politics
Asian Americans represent a growing share of the national population and of the electorate. The lower political participation of Asian Americans has been raised as a concern, especially as it relates to their influence on Politics of the United St ...
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Women in the United States House of Representatives
Women have served in the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber, since the 1916 election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana, the first woman in Con ...
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History of Korean Americans in Los Angeles
Notes
References
External links
Representative Young Kimofficial U.S. House website
Young Kim for Congresscampaign website
Join California Young Kim*
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1962 births
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
American women of Korean descent in politics
California politicians of Korean descent
Candidates in the 2018 United States elections
Candidates in the 2020 United States elections
Female members of the United States House of Representatives
Living people
Republican Party members of the California State Assembly
Asian-American members of the United States House of Representatives
People from Fullerton, California
People from Incheon
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
South Korean emigrants to the United States
Women state legislators in California
Christians from California
University of Southern California alumni
Politicians from Greater Los Angeles
Asian conservatism in the United States