California GOP incumbents go to war in Trump loyalty test
In California's newly configured District 40, Republican incumbents Ken Calvert and Young Kim are engaged in a fierce primary battle. Both candidates are vying to demonstrate their loyalty to former President Trump as they face off in a district that has been reshaped to favor conservative voters. The race has become increasingly personal, with each candidate launching attacks on the other's character and political record.
- ▪Reps. Ken Calvert and Young Kim are competing in a newly drawn congressional district in California.
- ▪The district was redistricted to consolidate conservative voters, making it a battleground for the two incumbents.
- ▪Both candidates are aggressively campaigning to prove their loyalty to Trump, with personal attacks becoming a central theme of the race.
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RIVERSIDE, California — As Republicans in competitive races across the country recalibrate their relationship with President Donald Trump, two Orange County incumbents forced into the same district are staking their political survival on proving unwavering loyalty to the president. The loser of the intraparty clash between Reps. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Young Kim (R-CA) will likely become one of the Republican casualties of California voters’ passage of Proposition 50, a 2025 ballot measure backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and state Democrats that aimed to further shrink GOP representation in an already deep-blue state. Democrats currently dominate California’s U.S.
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