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Young Kim describes her upbringing as the American dream. And she’s hoping Orange County voters in particular will find inspiration in that story and elect her to Congress as she once again faces off against Gil Cisneros, her Democratic opponent in 2018.

Last year, Ms. Kim was poised to become one of two Republican women of color and the first Korean-American woman in Congress. She even attended a freshman orientation event in Washington. But when all the votes were counted, Mr. Cisneros had captured 51.6 percent of the vote in the 39th District, a former conservative stronghold that straddles parts of Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties and has been swept by change in recent years.

Now, a rematch between Ms. Kim and Mr. Cisneros will test how blue the 2018 wave in Orange County really was. “This district is not as far left as many political pundits in Washington would like people to believe,” she said.

Jennifer Medina, our Los Angeles-based political correspondent, wrote about Ms. Kim and her outlook for 2020. (Read the full story here.)