'Obama Kids' Korean-American Andy Kim Wins Re-election to U.S. House of Representatives

Active as a 'Middle East Expert' during the Obama Era

Andy Kim. [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Korean-American Andy Kim (38, Democrat), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has won re-election.

According to the Associated Press at 12:30 a.m. on the 4th (local time), with 75% of the votes counted in New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, Andy Kim (55%) was confirmed elected, defeating Republican candidate David Richter (43.9%).

Having won the midterm election on November 6, 2018, he was already expected to be re-elected as various polls conducted ahead of this election showed him leading Richter by 3 to 7 percentage points.

Kim is considered one of the "Obama Kids," Middle East experts who served in the previous Barack Obama administration. During the 2018 election, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who served as vice president, and former President Obama supported his campaign.

Kim, a second-generation Korean immigrant, spent his school years in New Jersey and graduated from the University of Chicago. He was also selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Oxford in the UK.

In September 2009, Kim worked at the State Department as an Iraq expert. In 2011, he served as a strategic advisor to the commander of U.S. forces stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan.

From 2013 to February 2015, he served as an Iraq advisor at the Department of Defense and the White House National Security Council (NSC). In 2013, he was part of the Obama administration team responsible for airstrikes against the Sunni militant group Islamic State (IS) and humanitarian aid.

After entering the federal legislature, he has been active as a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

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