Ken Calvert Defeats Young Kim in California's 40th District After Redistricting Forced GOP Clash
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 10
Ken Calvert Defeats Young Kim in California's 40th District After Redistricting Forced GOP Clash
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 10
Summary
Ken Calvert won California’s 40th Congressional District, beating fellow Republican incumbent Young Kim in a rare same-party House matchup, according to The Associated Press.
Redistricting set up the contest after Calvert’s old Riverside County-based district was broken apart and folded into neighboring seats, pushing him into Kim’s Southern California stronghold.
The race grew especially bitter because both saw it as a fight for their political survival, even after each shifted from primary attacks over loyalty to Donald Trump toward a more pragmatic general-election pitch.
Kim cast Calvert as corrupt over past ethics complaints and an FBI investigation into real-estate deals, while Calvert attacked a donation Kim received from a Chinese American businessman tied to a foreign-influence probe.