Andrew Kim (born July 12, 1982) is an American politician and former diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2024.

[2][3][4] Kim was born on July 12, 1982, in Boston, Massachusetts,[5] to Korean immigrant parents, and grew up in South Jersey.

[9] After two years at Deep Springs College,[6] he transferred to the University of Chicago, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2004 with a degree in political science.

[6][10] At Oxford, Kim became friends with fellow Rhodes Scholar Pete Buttigieg, the future U.S. secretary of transportation from 2021 to 2025.

[6] A resident of Bordentown Township, New Jersey,[16] Kim ran against two-term incumbent Republican Tom MacArthur in the 2018 United States House of Representatives election after winning the June Democratic primary.

[6] Kim was endorsed by Barack Obama,[17] former U.S. vice president Joe Biden,[18] New Jersey governor Phil Murphy,[19] and actress Piper Perabo.

In an ad run by the New Jersey Republican Party, Kim was described as "Real Fishy" in Wonton font on a picture of dead fish.

[37]Kim voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.

[40] In 2021 and 2022, Kim was included on Gold House's annual "A100" list, which honors those of Asian Pacific descent, "who made the greatest impact on culture and society over the past year".

[55] Her candidacy was accused of being nepotistic, with some papers calling Kim an "underdog" and "insurgent" taking on the "New Jersey political machine".

[63][64] He was also endorsed by former national security advisor Susan Rice and former New Jersey congressman Tom Malinowski; both had worked with him during his time at the State Department.

[69] After Murphy declined to participate in what would have been the first primary debate, Kim discussed his candidacy and platform alone with the New Jersey Globe on February 4.

[78] On February 26, Kim's legal team filed a federal lawsuit in the District Court of New Jersey, seeking the abolition of the "county line" ballot system, being joined by opponents Patricia Campos-Medina and Larry Hamm.

[81] Politico reported Kim would stand to benefit from the line due to a lack of serious opposition, but the lawsuit proceeded.

[82] Federal judge Zahid Quraishi struck down the county line on March 29, and directed clerks to instead print ballots with candidates organized by office in randomized order for the 2024 primary election.

After Murphy's campaign suspension, Kim was considered the presumptive nominee, and many predicted an easy victory in the general election.

[86] Various news outlets, including The Hill, considered Murphy dropping out a victory for Kim against "machine politics" in New Jersey.

[89][90] On June 4, Kim won the Democratic primary, defeating Patricia Campos-Medina and Larry Hamm with 75% of the vote.

Upon winning his primary, Kim criticized Menendez for running, and attacked Bashaw for his endorsement of Donald Trump in the presidential election.

[97] When Biden suspended his campaign on July 21, Kim endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who eventually became the nominee.

[109] Later that month, Garden State Equality, an LGBT rights group based in New Jersey, endorsed Kim over Bashaw, who is openly gay.

[48] Kim supports providing aid to the Ukrainian military amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has been ongoing since February 2022.

[125] Kim has said the Supreme Court's decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission "significantly damaged democracy", and supports overturning it.

[132] He supports universal background checks and an assault weapons ban as a way of preventing gun violence,[133][134] and has an "F" grade from the NRA Political Victory Fund.

[138] Kim has voted to raise servicemember pay every year through the NDAA, and supports doubling funding for veteran suicide prevention and outreach programs.

[139] Kim supports banning members of Congress from trading stock, saying in December 2021 that he "disagree[d] strongly" with speaker Nancy Pelosi, who defended the practice.