Korea Daily reports Dave Min wins re-election as other counts continue

Rep. Dave Min won re-election in California’s 47th Congressional District, Korea Daily reported Wednesday, citing a lead of about 13 percentage points with 69% of votes counted. Several other races involving Korean American candidates remained incomplete.

The reported results span congressional, state, municipal and school board races, including contests in Orange County. Korea Daily described a mix of wins, projections and leads, but did not identify the sources of its vote counts or explain how it projected winners.

Min issued an early statement thanking local voters, according to Korea Daily. The publication reported his re-election while counting in the district was still underway.

In the 40th Congressional District, Rep. Young Kim trailed Republican Ken Calvert by nine percentage points with 42% of votes counted, the publication reported. Kim was seeking a fourth term.

In statewide and legislative races, Jane Kim led Sen. Ben Allen by four percentage points in the contest for California insurance commissioner. Korea Daily projected Paul Seo would win California Assembly District 66, reporting a 24-percentage-point lead over Sarah Dean.

The publication reported John Park was ahead in Irvine City Council District 1 and projected Andrew Kim would win a seat in La Palma. It reported municipal election losses for Yong Choi in Buena Park and Daniel Kim in Fullerton, while describing Steve Lee’s race in Arcadia as very close.

Korea Daily also reported leads for Jeff Kim in an Irvine Unified School District board race and Amy Choi-Won in a Fullerton Joint Union High School District board race. The supplied report did not give margins for those contests.

The leads and projected wins reflect the status described in Korea Daily’s Wednesday report, not completed counts for every race.