Kim, Young
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Young Oak Kim (née Choe (최;崔); Korean: 김영옥; Hanja: 金映玉; born October 18, 1962) is a South Korean–born American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for California's 40th congressional district, previously representing the 39th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. Her district includes northern parts of Orange County. She is a member of the Republican Party. Prior to serving in Congress, Kim served in the California State Assemblywoman, representing the 65th district from 2014 to 2016, defeating the incumbent Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva 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. Kim was first elected to Congress in 2020, defeating Democratic incumbent Gil Cisneros in a rematch. In the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, Kim, Michelle Steel, and Marilyn Strickland became the first Korean-American women elected to the United States Congress. Along with Steel and David Valadao, Kim was among the first three Republican candidates to unseat an incumbent House Democrat in California since 1994.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Kim, Young
- First name
- Young
- Last name
- Kim
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- California 40th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- California 40th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- California 40th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2022 cycle
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $9,340,940.92
- Total disbursements
- $9,349,804.28
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $9,340,940.92 in total receipts for the 2022 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals cannot be reconciled to committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2022 cycle
- $2,681,748.00
- Itemized
- $2,681,748.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 43181 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $2,681,748.00 in the 2022 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2022 | Dollars: $82,437.00;Transactions: 1,108;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2022 | Dollars: $176,034.00;Transactions: 1,403;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2022 | Dollars: $148,582.00;Transactions: 1,894;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2022 | Dollars: $159,967.00;Transactions: 3,025;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2022 | Dollars: $238,655.00;Transactions: 3,681;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2022 | Dollars: $317,115.00;Transactions: 4,738;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2022 | Dollars: $192,369.00;Transactions: 4,333;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2022 | Dollars: $309,830.00;Transactions: 5,529;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2022 | Dollars: $461,648.00;Transactions: 6,751;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2022 | Dollars: $415,447.00;Transactions: 7,596;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2022 | Dollars: $148,255.00;Transactions: 2,759;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2022 | Dollars: $31,409.00;Transactions: 364;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $2,681,748.00 across 42,226 reported transactions in the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $1,088,061.00;Transactions: 40,228 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $241,318.00;Transactions: 912 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $247,661.00;Transactions: 481 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $335,289.00;Transactions: 326 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $769,419.00;Transactions: 279 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 8% in district
- District share basis
- $213,584.00 in district and $2,401,213.00 out of district; $66,951.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $66,951.00 with 1,014 reported transactions; visible denominator is $2,681,748.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $213,584.00;Transactions: 1,415;Denominator: $2,681,748.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $1,280,244.00;Transactions: 14,305;Denominator: $2,681,748.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $1,120,969.00;Transactions: 26,447;Denominator: $2,681,748.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $66,951.00;Transactions: 1,014;Denominator: $2,681,748.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| SMITH, THOMAS | $11,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| FRIEDMAN, LUCILLE | $10,262.00 | 63 transactions |
| SACHER, WILLIAM J. | $9,956.00 | 821 transactions |
| GROFF, HOWARD D. | $8,700.00 | 3 transactions |
| STONE, SHELDON | $8,700.00 | 3 transactions |
| HOLMES, SANDRA J. | $8,499.00 | 610 transactions |
| MUHLESTEIN, RALPH | $7,373.00 | 552 transactions |
| SHAPIRO, JANICE D MS | $6,412.00 | 48 transactions |
| POYNOR, STANLEY P MR | $6,334.00 | 41 transactions |
| MATROS, RICHARD | $6,300.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $1,528,334.00 | 35158 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $66,338.00 | 194 transactions |
| CARGILLE SACHER LABS | $12,693.00 | 932 transactions |
| LONGO CUSTOM SERVICE | $11,800.00 | 5 transactions |
| BLACKSTONE | $8,700.00 | 3 transactions |
| OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT | $8,700.00 | 3 transactions |
| HARRISON IND | $6,460.00 | 25 transactions |
| SABRA REIT | $6,300.00 | 2 transactions |
| STEWART BROS., INC. | $5,810.00 | 2 transactions |
| ALEVY & ASSOCIATES | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $66,263.00 | 974 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $66,263.00 and 974 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H8CA39240
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
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- fec_candidate_id
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