California 40th Congressional District primary result: Calvert advances to general election with opponent uncertain

LOS ANGELES — Orange County Reps. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Young Kim (R-CA), whose districts were carved up under California’s new congressional map, are vying for the top two positions in the race for the state’s 40th Congressional District. Calvert was officially declared as one of the winners on Tuesday night. With 52% of the votes counted as of early Wednesday morning, Calvert was at 36.1% and 41,082 votes, according to the Associated Press.

Kim has not yet been officially declared the second-place winner, but currently has a sizable lead over Democrat Esther Kim-Varet. The most updated results show Kim at 21.6% and 24,605 votes, and Kim-Varet at 15.6% and 17,792 votes. The campaign for the state’s 40th Congressional District has been a bruising, and at times, deeply personal primary. If Kim holds off the Democratic challenger, two Republicans would head into the general election to determine which incumbent keeps