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Andy Kim

U.S. Senate · NJ · Democrats · since 2025

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Biography

Overview

Andy Kim is a Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey, serving since 2024. He is the first Korean-American U.S. Senator and the first Asian-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey. Kim previously served as the U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District from 2019 to 2024. He worked as a civilian advisor at the U.S. Department of State in Afghanistan during the Obama administration and served on the National Security Council. Kim is a progressive Democrat and member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Career

In the House, Kim's first major legislative effort was the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (SAVE Act), which passed the House 234–183 in May 2019. The bill included provisions to lower prescription drug costs by prohibiting brand-name companies from blocking generic versions. As a representative, he maintained 100% voting alignment with President Biden's positions during the 117th Congress. Kim was appointed to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus crisis in April 2020. He gained national attention on January 7, 2021, when he was photographed cleaning up trash after the January 6 Capitol attack and later donated his blue suit to the Smithsonian Institution.

Prior political experience

Kim was first elected to the House in 2018, defeating two-term Republican incumbent Tom MacArthur with a margin of fewer than 4,000 votes (slightly over 1%), making it New Jersey's closest congressional race at the time. He became the first Asian-American U.S. Representative from New Jersey. In 2020, he was reelected with 53% to 45% over Republican David Richter, despite the district voting for Donald Trump. In 2022, after redistricting made the district more Democratic, Kim won reelection with 55.4% to 43.6% over Republican Robert Healey Jr. In the 2024 Senate race, Kim won the Democratic primary on June 4 with 75% of the vote against Patricia Campos-Medina and Larry Hamm. He successfully challenged the state's "county line" ballot system through a federal lawsuit, and went on to win the general election against Republican Curtis Bashaw and Independent Bob Menendez.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

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119th Congress-0.408

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

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Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 673 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
2ndU.S. Senate NJ Class 12025–presentIn progressAndy Kim—
1stU.S. Senate NJ Class 12024–2025Term ended—Andy Kim
3rdU.S. House NJ-32023–2024Term endedAndy KimHerbert C. Conaway, Jr.
2ndU.S. House NJ-32021–2023Term endedAndy KimAndy Kim
1stU.S. House NJ-32019–2021Term endedFrank Pallone, Jr.Andy Kim

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term5

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
2024U.S. Senate NJ Class 1Pending53.61%