{"id":40392,"date":"2025-11-06T06:27:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/40392\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:27:24","slug":"its-calvert-vs-kim-in-redrawn-southern-california-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/40392\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Calvert vs. Kim in redrawn Southern California district"},"content":{"rendered":"

The passage of California\u2019s Proposition 50<\/a> redistricting measure Tuesday turned Republican Rep. Ken Calvert\u2019s GOP-leaning district a deep shade of blue, but on Wednesday, he said he would seek reelection next year in an adjoining GOP-held district that the referendum\u00a0made even redder.<\/p>\n

The only problem for the powerful House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee chairman: He\u2019ll have to go through incumbent\u00a0Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., in the redrawn 40th District, and she won\u2019t be a pushover.<\/p>\n

Calvert\u2019s 2026 race is one of several pivotal contests that could affect who sits on the Pentagon spending panel, which controls roughly half the appropriations Congress provides each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Under the new Proposition 50 map, Calvert\u2019s current 41st District would go from one President Donald Trump carried by 6 points in the 2024 election to one that former Vice President Kamala Harris would have carried by 14 points, according to calculations by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On its face, that result appeared to make Calvert\u2019s reelection\u00a0path rockier. But Calvert announced Wednesday\u00a0he will run in 2026 not in his now-blue 41st District, but in the neighboring 40th District, an even more GOP-dominated enclave.<\/p>\n

Under the new map, the 40th District\u00a0would change from one Trump carried by 2 points to one he would have carried by 12 points, according to Inside Elections.<\/p>\n

Calvert expressed confidence in his odds.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one else comes close to my record of service to new 40th,\u201d Calvert wrote on the social platform X. \u201cI\u2019ve lived here my entire life and already represent the majority of this district in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on June 4. (Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call)<\/p>\n

But defeating Kim, who currently represents the 40th, could be a hard-fought and expensive battle for Calvert, given the former\u2019s popularity and fundraising prowess.<\/p>\n

Kim entered October with $4.8 million in the bank, which she touted in a statement Wednesday announcing she would seek a fourth term from the redrawn 40th District. That compares favorably to\u00a0Calvert\u2019s $2.9 million in cash on hand,\u00a0according to Federal Election Commission records.<\/p>\n

Also, under California\u2019s primary system, all candidates run on the same ballot with the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, advancing to the general election. This means both Kim and Calvert could meet again in the general election, where Democratic voters could be decisive.<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s campaign said\u00a0that she already represents about 35 percent of registered voters in the new district, including over 42 percent of \u201chigh-propensity\u201d GOP voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m running because California needs proven fighters who will stand with President Trump to advance a bold America First agenda that restores law and order in our communities, strengthens our national security, and protects the American Dream for future generations,\u201d Kim said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Valadao and Kaptur<\/p>\n

Calvert is not the only Republican defense appropriator from California whose 2026 reelection prospects were altered after the Proposition 50 vote.<\/p>\n

Rep. David Valadao, a six-term California Republican who chairs the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, will see his 22nd District\u2019s hue change slightly under the new redistricting plan.<\/p>\n

Valadao\u2019s Central Valley district, traditionally an electoral battleground, will turn slightly bluer, with Trump\u2019s winning 2024 margin dropping from 6 points to 2\u00a0points, Inside Elections says.<\/p>\n

Valadao is the most junior Republican on the Defense panel. On the full committee, he is ranked 13th of 35 Republicans in seniority.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another House Defense appropriator, in this case a senior Democrat, Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, learned that another\u00a0tough reelection race awaits in 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

That is because the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted on Oct. 31 to redraw Kaptur\u2019s 9th District lines. Kaptur would see her already Republican-leaning and competitive Northwest Ohio districttransform from one that Trump carried by 7 points in 2024 to one that would have backed him by 11 points, according to Inside Elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kaptur has served in the House since 1982 and is the ranking member of the Energy-Water Subcommittee.<\/p>\n

She said on social media on Oct. 31 that she intends to run for reelection next year despite the redrawn map.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remain committed to serving Northwest Ohio and will seek re-election with a renewed focus on accountability and protecting the voice of the people,\u201d Kaptur said. \u201cLet the Columbus politicians make their self-serving maps and play musical chairs, I will fight on for the people and ask the voters for their support next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherrill\u00a0<\/p>\n

Change is also coming to the Democratic side of the House Armed Services Committee roster as a result of a Tuesday\u00a0election.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey won that state\u2019s gubernatorial election<\/a>, creating a vacancy on the panel.<\/p>\n

Sherrill brought to the committee a background as a Navy pilot and centrist inclinations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A former Russia nuclear policy officer, Sherrill\u2019s time on the committee has been marked by a dedication to looking out for the Army\u2019s Picatinny Arsenal, which employs roughly 6,000 people in her district and which develops a wide array of Army weaponry.<\/p>\n

She also prioritized protecting military families from predatory financial advisers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Sherrill, like Calvert and like most members of Congress, is an ardent supporter of helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aidan Quigley, David Lerman, Daniela Altimari and Andrew Menezes contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The passage of California\u2019s Proposition 50 redistricting measure Tuesday turned Republican Rep. Ken Calvert\u2019s GOP-leaning district a deep…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27463,27464,22841,9261,7,9,8,7917,21628,1752,14021,11155,1751,27465,3882,536,204,989,6774,21629,8110,27466,9172,15618,27467,973,1703,27468,974,5923,3155,9437,5407,5409,1748,27469],"class_list":["post-40392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-american","tag-appropriations","tag-army","tag-bank","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-campaign-finance","tag-campaigns","tag-congress","tag-david-valadao","tag-defense","tag-democrats","tag-department-of-defense","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-elections","tag-energy","tag-executive-branch","tag-families","tag-federal-election-commission","tag-house","tag-ken-calvert","tag-marcy-kaptur","tag-media","tag-military","tag-military-families","tag-national","tag-navy","tag-new-jersey","tag-ohio","tag-pentagon","tag-policy","tag-republicans","tag-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}