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Ron Kim (New York assemblyman)
2013 - Present
2027
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Ron Kim (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 40. He assumed office on January 1, 2013. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Kim (Working Families Party, Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 40. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Biography
Kim earned his B.A. from Hamilton College and his M.P.A. from Baruch College. His professional experience includes working as an advocate for the Parkside Group, serving as Regional Director, Government and Community Affairs, for the New York State Governors from 2007-2010 and working as a Policy Analyst for City Council.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Kim was assigned to the following committees:
- Aging Committee, Chair
- Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
- Education Committee
- Governmental Operations Committee
- Housing Committee
2021-2022
Kim was assigned to the following committees:
- Aging Committee, Chair
- Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
- Education Committee
- Governmental Operations Committee
- Housing Committee
2019-2020
Kim was assigned to the following committees:
- Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
- Governmental Operations Committee
- Housing Committee
- Education Committee
- Health Committee
- Social Services Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Corporations, Authorities and Commissions |
| • Education |
| • Governmental Operations |
| • Health |
| • Housing |
| • Social Services |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Kim served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Children and Families |
| • Corporations, Authorities and Commissions |
| • Education |
| • Governmental Operations |
| • Housing |
| • Social Services |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Kim served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Children and Families |
| • Corporations, Authorities and Commissions |
| • Governmental Operations |
| • Housing |
| • Social Services |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 40
Incumbent Ron Kim defeated Philip Wang in the general election for New York State Assembly District 40 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ron Kim (Working Families Party / D) | 55.3 | 13,481 |
| Philip Wang (R / Conservative Party) | 44.4 | 10,814 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 68 | ||
| Total votes: 24,363 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Philip Wang (Common Sense Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40
Incumbent Ron Kim defeated Yi Chen and Dao Yin in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40 on June 25, 2024.
| Total votes: 3,147 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Philip Wang advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 40.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Philip Wang advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 40.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ron Kim advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 40.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kim in this election.
2022
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 40
Incumbent Ron Kim defeated Sharon Liao in the general election for New York State Assembly District 40 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Kim (D / Working Families Party) | 51.1 | 8,051 |
| Sharon Liao (R / Conservative Party) | 48.8 | 7,695 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 15,766 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40
Incumbent Ron Kim defeated Kenneth Chiu in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Kim | 50.7 | 1,931 |
| Kenneth Chiu | 49.0 | 1,869 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 3,812 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Sharon Liao advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 40.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Sharon Liao advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 40.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ron Kim advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 40.
2020
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 40
Incumbent Ron Kim defeated Steven Lee in the general election for New York State Assembly District 40 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Kim (D) | 83.1 | 18,214 |
 | Steven Lee (Justice Peace Honesty Party) | 16.3 | 3,566 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 134 | ||
| Total votes: 21,914 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40
Incumbent Ron Kim defeated Steven Lee in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Kim | 70.2 | 3,660 |
| Steven Lee | 29.4 | 1,534 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 5,210 | |||
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Working Families Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ron Kim (Working Families Party)
2019
See also: Public advocate election in New York, New York (2019)
General election
Special general election for New York City Public Advocate
The following candidates ran in the special general election for New York City Public Advocate on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jumaane Williams (Nonpartisan) | 32.8 | 138,803 |
 | Eric Ulrich (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 80,308 | |
 | Melissa Mark-Viverito (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 47,375 | |
 | Michael Blake (Nonpartisan) | 8.4 | 35,416 | |
 | Ydanis Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 25,253 | |
| Dawn Smalls (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 17,420 | ||
 | Rafael Espinal (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 13,482 | |
 | Daniel O'Donnell (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 12,774 | |
| Ron Kim (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 11,849 | |
| Benjamin Yee (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 10,701 | ||
 | Nomiki Konst (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 9,738 | |
| Helal Sheikh (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 5,347 | ||
 | David Eisenbach (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 3,491 | |
| Manny Alicandro (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 3,373 | ||
 | Anthony Herbert (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 3,189 | |
 | Latrice Walker (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 2,549 | |
| Jared Rich (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 1,053 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 825 | ||
| Total votes: 422,946 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Danniel Maio (Nonpartisan)
- Gary Popkin (Nonpartisan)
- Ifeoma Ike (Nonpartisan)
- Mike Zumbluskas (Nonpartisan)
- Walter Iwachiw (Nonpartisan)
- Theo Chino-Tavarez (Nonpartisan)
Though the special election was nonpartisan, candidates were allowed to file with their own party line as long as it did not resemble an established political party's name.[2] Click [show] below to see the list of party lines for each candidate.
| Candidate party lines | |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Party line |
| Manny Alicandro | Better Leadership |
| Michael Blake | For The People |
| Theo Chino | Courage To Change |
| David Eisenbach | Stop REBNY |
| Rafael Espinal | Livable City |
| Anthony L. Herbert | Housing Residents First |
| Ifeoma Ike | People Over Profit |
| Walter Iwachiw | I4panyc |
| Ron Kim | People Over Corporations |
| Nomiki Konst | Pay People More |
| Danniel Maio | I Like Maio |
| Melissa Mark-Viverito | Fix the MTA |
| Daniel O'Donnell | Equality For All |
| Gary Popkin | Liberal |
| Jared Rich | Jared Rich For NYC |
| Ydanis Rodriguez | UNITED FOR IMMIGRANTS |
| Helal Sheikh | Friends Of Helal |
| Dawn Smalls | No More Delays |
| Eric Ulrich | Common Sense |
| Latrice Walker | People For Walker |
| Jumaane Williams | The People's Voice |
| Benjamin Yee | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT |
| Mike Zumbluskas | FIX MTA & NYCHA NOW |
2018
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018
Kim also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party candidate.
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 40
Incumbent Ron Kim defeated John Scandalios in the general election for New York State Assembly District 40 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Kim (D) | 87.5 | 12,284 |
 | John Scandalios (Reform Party) | 12.0 | 1,689 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 59 | ||
| Total votes: 14,032 | |||
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Democratic Party primary
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Kim |
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Republican Party primary
No candidates filed to run in this race.
Reform Party primary
Reform Party primary election
Reform Party primary for New York State Assembly District 40
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | John Scandalios |
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2016
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2016
Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.
Incumbent Ron Kim defeated Miriam M. Rodriguez in the New York State Assembly District 40 general election.[3][4]
| New York State Assembly, District 40 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ron Kim Incumbent |
75.25% | 16,479 | |
| Republican | Miriam M. Rodriguez | 24.75% | 5,419 | |
| Total Votes | 21,898 | |||
| Source: New York Board of Elections | ||||
Incumbent Ron Kim ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 40 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| New York State Assembly, District 40 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Ron Kim Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Kim also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Miriam M. Rodriguez ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 40 Republican primary.[5][6]
| New York State Assembly, District 40 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Miriam M. Rodriguez (unopposed) | |
Rodriguez also ran on the Reform Party ticket.
2014
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2014
Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Ron Kim was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Philip Gim was unopposed in the Republican primary. Kim also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Kim defeated Gim in the general election.[7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ron Kim Incumbent |
67.2% | 6,292 | |
| Republican | Philip Gim | 32.8% | 3,077 | |
| Total Votes | 9,369 | |||
2012
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012
Kim ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 40. He defeated Ethel Chen, Martha Flores-Vazquez, Yen S. Chouand Myungsuk Lee in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. He also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Kim defeated Philip Gim (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11][12]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ronald T. Kim |
67.7% | 13,460 | |
| Republican | Philip Gim | 32.3% | 6,409 | |
| Total Votes | 19,869 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Ronald Kim Incumbent |
27.1% | 1,206 |
| Yen Chou | 23% | 1,022 |
| Ethel Chen | 22.3% | 993 |
| Myungsuk Lee | 15% | 666 |
| Martha Flores-Vazquez | 12.6% | 560 |
| Total Votes | 4,447 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Ron Kim did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ron Kim did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ron Kim did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Kim's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[13]
Affordable housing
- Excerpt: "During summer of 2013, Ron's office held a town hall on affordable housing at the Macedonia Church and expected around 150 people to show up. More than 1,000 people showed up and some seniors lined up hours before the doors even opened. For the next few months, Ron's office helped more than 6,000 people (mostly older adults) apply for affordable housing."
Quality of life
- Excerpt: "Downtown Flushing continues to thrive economically and we will continue to see more growth in the future. Already, it is the second busiest district in the entire city. Consequently, we are also seeing more littering and dirtier sidewalks. With the help of the Flushing BID, community groups, and initiatives like Ron's CleanFlushing, we are determined to improve conditions in downtown Flushing."
- Excerpt: "In all parts of Queens (like Flushing, Murray Hill, Auburndale, and North Flushing) people are fed up with the airplane noise. Our office will continue to support groups like Queens Quiet Skies to alleviate this problem. If you have specific ideas or suggestions regarding how we can fix this problem, please share your thoughts here."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "We need more efficient, effective, and equitable bus options for Flushing. Our constituents are complaining about the delays and overcrowding in our buses. Working families depend on public transportation and we must do a better job at providing the best services for them."
Education
- Excerpt: "Our classrooms are overcrowded and we need more resources. Despite the record-breaking allocation of money this past budget cycle, we still have too many students in Flushing without access to computers and up-to-date text books."
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2024
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In 2023, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 21.
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In 2022, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 5 to June 4.
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In 2021, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 10.
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In 2020, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 8 to December 31.
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In 2019, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 9 through January 8, 2020.
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In 2018, the 202nd New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 3 through June 20.
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In 2017, the 202nd New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 4 through December 31. A recess began June 21, and there was a special session June 28-29.
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In 2016, the 201st New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 6 through June 18.
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In 2015, the 201st New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 7 through June 25.
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In 2014, the 200th New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 8 to June 19, 2014.
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In 2013, the 200th New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 9 to December 31.
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Endorsements
2012
In 2012, Kim’s endorsements included the following:[14]
- 32BJ/SEIU
Personal
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Kim is married to his wife, Xilou.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Rep. Kim," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Gotham Gazette, "23 Candidates Submit Petitions to Get on February 26 Public Advocate Ballot," January 15, 2019
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ Ron Kim's campaign website, "Community Issues," accessed October 8, 2014
- ↑ New York Daily News, "32BJ/SEIU Endorses For State Senate, Assembly," August 1, 2012
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