SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) — Former Assemblywoman Young Kim holds a 4,045-vote lead over Rep. Gil Cisneros Thursday, seeking to avenge her loss in 2018 in the 39th Congressional District.

What You Need To Know

  • Former Assemblywoman Young Kim holds a 4, 045-vote lead over Rep. Gil Cisneros in CA's 39th Congressional District

  • Kim leads 50.6%-49.4% in the district

  • As of Wednesday, Kim had 168,858 votes to Cisneros' 164,813

  • It is not known how many ballots are left to count

 

Kim leads 50.6%-49.4% in the district that runs from Walnut in the north to Chino Hills in the east, Hacienda Heights in the west and Fullerton in the south. Kim has 168,858 votes and Cisneros 164,813, according to figures released Wednesday by the Secretary of State's Office.

Kim led by 4,160 votes entering Wednesday's count.

It is not known how many ballots are left to count. Mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day can be received as late as Nov. 20 and still be counted under state law.

The race is a rematch of 2018, when Cisneros, D-Yorba Linda, defeated Kim, 51.6%-48.4%, 126,002-118,391, to succeed Rep. Ed Royce, R-Fullerton, who held the seat from 1993-2019. Kim had been a member of Royce's staff.

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Kim, R-La Habra, was leading in the vote count in 2018 and traveled to Washington, D.C., for orientation for newly elected House members, only to be overtaken by Cisneros in late-arriving ballots.

Kim is seeking to be the second Republican to oust a Democratic Orange County House member first elected in 2018. Rep. Harley Rouda, D-Newport Beach, conceded defeat to Board of Supervisors Chair Michelle Steel Tuesday in the coastal 48th Congressional District.