Young Kim

This article is about the California politician. For the PGA Tour golfer, see Kim Young (American golfer). For the South Korean golfer, see Kim Young. For the U.S. Army officer, see Young-Oak Kim.

Young Kim
최영옥
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2021
Preceded byGil Cisneros
Constituency39th district (2021–2023)
40th district (2023–present)
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 65th district
In office
December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2016
Preceded bySharon Quirk-Silva
Succeeded bySharon Quirk-Silva
Personal details
Born
Choe Young-oak

(1962-10-18) October 18, 1962 (age 62)
Incheon, South Korea
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Charles Kim
​
(m. 1986)​
Children4
Residence(s)Anaheim Hills, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Southern California (BBA)
Signature
WebsiteHouse website
Korean name
Hangul
(김) 최영옥[1]
Hanja
(金) 崔映玉[2]
Revised Romanization(Gim) Choe Yeong-ok
McCune–Reischauer(Kim) Ch'oe Yŏng'ok
Young Kim's voice
Young Kim speaks on China's Developing country status
Recorded March 27, 2023

Young Oak Kim[a] (née Choe, Korean: 최영옥; born October 18, 1962)[3] 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. In the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, Kim, Michelle Park Steel, and Marilyn Strickland became the first three Korean-American women elected to the United States Congress. Kim and Steel are also the first Korean-Americans elected to Congress from California since Jay Kim (no relation).

A member of the Republican Party, Young Kim served as the California State Assemblywoman for 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.[4]

In 2018, Kim was the Republican nominee in California's 39th congressional district, narrowly losing to Democrat Gil Cisneros in the general election. In 2020, Kim defeated Cisneros in a rematch.[5] Along with Steel and David Valadao, Kim was among the first three Republican candidates to unseat an incumbent House Democrat in California since 1994.

  1. ^ Kim Jong-won (July 20, 2015). "한인 여성 첫 하원의원 '영 김' 20일 방한". AsiaToday (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 28, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  2. ^ 김영옥 (金映玉) 미국 상원 하원 최초의 한국인 여성. Global Economic News (in Korean). April 22, 2018. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "KIM, Young 1962 –". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sacramento Bee was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Staggs, Brooke (November 13, 2020). "Republican challenger Young Kim unseats Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros in 39th District". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.


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