LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republican Young Kim has defeated Democratic U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros in Southern California.
The contest was a rematch from 2018, when Cisneros delivered an upset in what had been a longstanding GOP district anchored in Orange County.
Kim's victory Friday in the 39th Congressional District overcame President Donald Trump's poor performance in heavily Democratic California, where he got only one-third of the votes.
The former state lawmaker was born in South Korea and grew up in Guam.
Another California Republican born in South Korea - Michelle Steel - defeated Democratic U.S. Rep. Harley Rouda in another Orange County district.
