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WHERE

Where do Young Kim's campaign contributions come from?

Funding summary

Total raised
$9.2M
Total spent
$7.9M
Cash on hand
$1.7M

Where the money came from

  • Individual donors$6.0M(65%)
  • PACs$2.1M(23%)
  • Political parties$10K(0%)
  • Self-funding$0(0%)
  • Other receipts$1.1M(12%)

Top industries

Of $1.1M in itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. This is only a slice of total fundraising — PACs, parties, small-dollar donors, and self-funding are not included here.

  • General Business$777K
  • Finance & Real Estate$87K
  • Legal & Lobbying$71K
  • Technology & Media$46K
  • Healthcare$32K

An additional $2.3Min itemized donations couldn't be classified — either the donor left the employer field blank or listed “retired”/“self-employed,” or the employer didn't match a known industry.

PATTERN

Vote-finance correlation

High confidence

Data through Sep 2026 · Sources: 2FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [158]

This report shows how Representative Young Kim voted on 158 bills. It also shows campaign donations totaling $1,251,162.87. There is a strong pattern between donations from the Construction sector and Representative Kim's voting record. She voted yes on 100% of the 18 bills from this sector. She received $73,229.68 in donations from Construction. There is also a pattern between donations from the Other sector and Representative Kim's voting record. She voted yes on 83.3% of the 12 bills from this sector. She received $1,177,933.19 in donations from Other. Representative Kim voted yes on 100% of 22 bills from the Energy/Natural Resources sector. She received no donations from this sector. She voted yes on 81.8% of 22 bills from the Ideology/Single-Issue sector. She received no donations from this sector. She voted yes on 85.7% of 14 bills from the Lawyers & Lobbyists sector. She received no donations from this sector.

Fewer than 5 other members of the CA House delegation have comparable data right now, so no peer comparison is shown.

This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.

Full methodology and academic citations

Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Totals reflect the current two-year cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology

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