U.S. House · Updated Oct 9
California's 40th District
Young Kim win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Kim by 18.5
Republican
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Young Kim
Raised $8.8M · $1.7M cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Esther Kim Varet
Raised $2.9M · $255K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Our model counts the money gap as worth 0.5 points to Young Kim. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.
Other filers in this race raised $7.2M in total.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid RCook Political Report
- Jun 30Esther Kim Varet had raised $2.9MFEC filing
- Jun 30Young Kim had raised $8.8MFEC filing
How we got this number
We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.
90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between R+30.6 and R+6.2.
No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.
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