# United States Representative, District 40

Compare records and positions simply between Young Kim or Ken Calvert for United States Representative, District 40 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).

- Jurisdiction: Federal
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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## On the ballot

- **Young Kim** — United States Representative, 40th District · Republican
- **Ken Calvert** — U.S. Representative · Republican

Two sitting members of Congress are running against each other here, both Republicans, and it is the most expensive contest on this ballot at nearly $15 million combined. Ken Calvert led the June 2 primary with 34.9% and Young Kim took 20.6%. Kim currently represents this district; Calvert currently represents District 41 and moved here after Prop 50 redrew the congressional lines. The district covers part of Orange and Riverside counties.

The winner holds one of 435 seats in the U.S. House for a two-year term. A member introduces bills, sits on committees that shape federal legislation, votes on the federal budget and on war powers, and handles casework between constituents and federal agencies. Seniority governs committee standing — and this contest will end the career of one of two members who both currently hold it.

Redistricting created this race. Prop 50 redrew the lines and left two incumbents of the same party competing for one seat, so a sitting member of Congress will lose regardless of the outcome. Party offers no guidance here. The documented differences are tenure — 33 years against 5 — and legislative output, where the longer-serving member has 12 career laws to the newer member's 2, though the newer member has sponsored more bills this Congress.

## Ken Calvert

Ken Calvert was first elected to the House in 1993 and is now Dean of the California Republican delegation, currently representing the 41st District; he is running in the 40th, represented by Young Kim, after Prop 50 redistricting (calvert.house.gov). He ran a small business in the restaurant and commercial real estate industries for 17 years before Congress. He chairs the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee on the Appropriations Committee.

His campaign site emphasizes his record rather than a personal explanation for seeking another term, asking supporters to "send Ken back to Congress" (campaign site). On January 6, 2021, the official roll call on objecting to Arizona's electoral votes shows Calvert voted yes; the objection failed in the full House, 121 to 303 (clerk.house.gov).

He promises to keep working on economic growth, military readiness, immigration enforcement with mandatory E-Verify, veterans' benefits, water solutions for the region and infrastructure streamlining (campaign site). His campaign also cites his work chairing the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, including funding for March Air Reserve Base and the Santa Ana River flood-protection project.

**Strengths:** Three decades of seniority, a defense appropriations chairmanship, and a clear, on-the-record vote on one of the most closely watched roll calls of recent Congresses.

**Trade-offs:** He voted to reject Arizona's already certified electoral votes in January 2021, a position that failed on the House floor.

**Keep in mind:** He is asking voters in a district he does not currently represent to send him back over their own member. His seniority is real, and so is that one vote.

## Young Kim

Young Kim has represented this district since 2021 and previously ran a small business, becoming "one of the first Korean American women ever to serve in Congress" (youngkim.house.gov). She serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee, where she chairs the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, and also sits on the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

She says "families across Southern California are tired of career politicians who serve themselves instead of the people who elected them" (campaign site). On January 6, 2021, when the House voted on an objection to counting Arizona's electoral votes, the official roll call shows Kim did not cast a vote; the same record shows Calvert, her opponent this year, voted for the objection (clerk.house.gov).

She promises to "hold Washington accountable," lower costs for working families and "protect the American Dream for future generations" (campaign site). Her committee assignments point her toward water resources for the district, ethics and anti-corruption measures, and the strategic rivalry with China.

**Strengths:** Chairs a Foreign Affairs subcommittee and sits on Financial Services, with a clean, documented voting record on a closely watched national question.

**Trade-offs:** She did not cast a vote on one of the most closely watched roll calls of her time in Congress, the 2021 electoral count objection.

**Keep in mind:** She is this district's sitting member, facing a fellow Republican who currently represents a different one. How you weigh her committee record against that one missing vote is the decision this profile leaves to you.

## Record in office

Young Kim (Republican) has served in the U.S. House since 2021 and has sponsored 54 bills in the 119th Congress; 2 of their career bills have become law.

Ken Calvert (Republican) has served in the U.S. House since 1993 and has sponsored 33 bills in the 119th Congress; 12 of their career bills have become law.

Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-09-21.

## Record details

Kim — Committees: Financial Services; Foreign Affairs; House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

Kim — HR 3608 (2024): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 28081 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo, California, as the "Major Megan McClung Post Office Building".

Kim — HR 6630 (2022): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the "PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building".

Calvert — Committees: Appropriations

Calvert — HR 5809 (2022): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1801 Town and Country Drive in Norco, California, as the "Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui Memorial Post Office Building".

Calvert — HR 330 (2014): Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act

Calvert — HR 988 (2007): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in Riverside, California, as the "Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office".

Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

## Financial info

- **Young Kim** — $8,837,239 raised (Individuals: $5,542,006; PACs & committees: $1,608,260; Party: $10,000)
- **Ken Calvert** — $6,142,469 raised (Individuals: $2,531,302; PACs & committees: $1,379,327)

Total raised is all receipts for the 2026 cycle; the breakdown lists direct contributions, so the pieces can sum below the total. Figures are FEC filings through June 30, 2026, per the FEC bulk campaign-finance summaries, retrieved 2026-09-21.

## Review notes

- Calvert for Congress and Young Kim for Congress may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.

## Sources

1. [CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/primary-election-june-2-2026/statement-vote)
2. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org)
3. [Rep. Young Kim — official House biography](https://youngkim.house.gov/about)
4. [Young Kim for Congress — campaign site (why running, priorities)](https://www.youngkimforcongress.com)
5. [Rep. Ken Calvert — official House biography](https://calvert.house.gov/biography)
6. [Calvert for Congress — campaign site (biography, record, priorities)](https://www.calvertforcongress.com)
7. [Clerk of the U.S. House — Roll Call Vote 10, 117th Congress (objection to counting Arizona's electoral votes, Jan. 6, 2021)](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202110)
8. [congress-legislators — current members of Congress (unitedstates project)](https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-current.json)
9. [Congress.gov — member sponsored legislation (Library of Congress)](https://api.congress.gov/)
10. [FEC — 2026 House & Senate current-campaign financial summaries (bulk data)](https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2026/webl26.zip)

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