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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 40

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

On the ballot

This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).

Record in office

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. Young Kim (Republican) has served in the U.S. House since 2021 and has sponsored 53 bills in the 119th Congress; 2 of their career bills have become law. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-08-03.

Record details

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

Financial info

Ken Calvert

$6,142,469raised
  • Individuals$2,531,30265%
  • PACs & committees$1,379,32735%

Young Kim

$8,837,239raised
  • Individuals$5,542,00677%
  • PACs & committees$1,608,26022%
  • Party$10,000<1%

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 2026-08-03.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Ken Calvert (Republican)34.9% · 75,811 votes
Young Kim (Republican)20.6% · 44,818 votes
Esther Kim-Varet (Democratic)16.6% · 36,072 votes
Lisa Ramirez (Democratic)14.0% · 30,495 votes
Joe Kerr (Democratic)8.6% · 18,634 votes
Claude M Keissieh (Democratic)2.2% · 4,832 votes
Francis Xavier Hoffman (Democratic)1.5% · 3,313 votes
Nina Linh (No Party Preference)1.5% · 3,311 votes
Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 3, 2026.