Ken Calvert, Young Kim advance in Congressional CA-40 primary, CBS News projects

Republican Reps. Ken Calvert and Young Kim person precocious to the November predetermination for California's 40th Congressional District, CBS News projects. 

Calvert, who presently represents California's 41st Congressional District, announced his campaign soon aft California voters passed Proposition 50, which shifted 5 districts to beryllium much favorable to Democrats successful the midterm elections this year. 

The 2nd spot remained up for grabs for a week, though Kim remained firmly successful 2nd spot done that clip span. CBS News projected connected June 9 that she would beforehand to the wide predetermination to look disconnected against Calvert.

Under California's top-two superior system, the 2 candidates with the astir votes volition determination connected to the November wide election, careless of enactment affiliation. 

The contentious contention to instrumentality power of the recently drawn legislature territory would sound retired astatine slightest 1 salient authorities Republican from Congress. Incumbent Rep. Young Kim faced 7 challengers, including her workfellow Calvert, successful her quest to beryllium reelected to correspond the recently redrawn 40th Congressional District, which spans parts of Orange County and the Inland Empire. 

The contention pitted the 2 Republicans against each other, with the caller territory representation combining parts of Kim and Calvert's existent districts aft voters successful 2025 successful California passed Proposition 50. The measurement was backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats successful an effort to displacement 5 districts to beryllium much favorable to Democrats successful the midterm elections this year. The measurement was intended to antagonistic a determination by Texas Republicans to redraw their state's legislature districts to make 5 GOP-leaning seats.

The caller 40th Congressional District splits Corona successful fractional and spans from the easternmost cities of Orange County, similar Villa Park and Mission Viejo, crossed the Inland Empire to Murrieta and Menifee. 

Calvert, a Corona native, has been successful Congress for much than 30 years. He has antecedently represented the 42nd, 43rd and 44th legislature districts. He was elected successful 1992.

Hours aft Calvert's announcement, Kim launched her reelection campaign.

Kim, of Anaheim Hills, was elected to the 40th Congressional District successful 2023. She antecedently represented the 39th Congressional District from 2021 to 2023 and served successful the Assembly from 2014 to 2016. Kim is 1 of the archetypal Korean American women to service successful Congress.

Kim and Calvert person traded respective jabs connected the run trail, calling into question each other's enactment and enactment with President Trump. Both are known for their enactment for migration betterment and Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," which allocated astir $47 cardinal for the borderline partition betwixt the U.S. and Mexico. 

Other candidates successful the contention included Democrats Joseph Kerr, a retired firefighter who ran against Kim successful 2024; Esther Kim Varet, an creation assemblage proprietor and governmental newcomer; Lisa Ramirez, an migration lawyer and Southern California native; and Claude Keissieh, a U.S. Army seasoned who antecedently worked with the California Department of Corrections and presently works with Caltrans. Nonprofit enactment manager Nina Linh besides ran as a no-party-preference candidate.