ORANGE, California — Southern California voters in the eastern Orange County 40th Congressional District like President Donald Trump well enough, with one major policy exception.
The district backed Trump in 2024, giving him 49.50% of the vote to 47.18% for his Democratic rival, then-Vice President Kamala Harris. At the same time, Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) easily won reelection, extending a congressional career that began in 2020 when she beat a Democratic incumbent.
Kim has largely joined fellow House Republicans in backing Trump’s agenda during his second, nonconsecutive White House term. But she is at odds with the House GOP majority on how much to raise the deduction level for state and local taxes on federal tax returns — or whether to do so at all.
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