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U.S. Representative · California 40th District
Young Kim
RepublicanDistrict R+1119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score65#64 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Young Kim’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2439 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0540
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 4 signals
- StrongBacks 12 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1263, H.R. 1266, H.R. 1993, H.R. 1998, H.R. 2004 and 7 more.
- Medium11th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.264 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.266 toward the Democrats (rank 11 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
- MediumOn the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (R+1)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. CA-40 has a partisan lean of R+1. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
- WeakCompetitive district: CA-40 is R+1CA-40 has a partisan lean of R+1 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 5.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Financial ServicesMajority · 17th in seniority
- Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMajority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on East Asia and PacificChair
- Subcommittee on Europe
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Kim← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.264 is 0.27 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress87House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1228Prioritizing Veterans’ Survivors ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 75
| Swing |
| H.R. 1286Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act |