Dave Min

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Dave Min
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Official portrait, 2023
Member of the California Senate
from the 37th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 7, 2020
Children3
Education University of Pennsylvania (BS)
Harvard University (JD)
Website Campaign website

David Kunnghee Min [1] (born March 5, 1976) [2] is an American lawyer and politician. He is the Democratic state senator for California's 37th Senate district, which includes portions of Orange County. [3] He was an assistant law professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law before he was elected to the California State Senate. [4]

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Min ran in the 2018 election to represent California's 45th congressional district but was defeated in the nonpartisan blanket primary by incumbent Congresswoman Mimi Walters and fellow UC Irvine professor Katie Porter, who went on to defeat Walters in the general election. [5] He was elected to the state senate in the 2020 elections after defeating Costa Mesa mayor and future Orange County Board of Supervisors member Katrina Foley in the primary and then by narrowly defeating incumbent Republican John Moorlach in the November election. [6]

Min is running against Republican nominee Scott Baugh in the 2024 elections to represent California's 47th congressional district.

Biography

Born in Providence, Rhode Island to Korean American parents who immigrated to the United States in 1972 to pursue doctoral degrees at Brown University, Min grew up in Palo Alto in the San Francisco Bay Area. [7] He went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and School of Arts and Sciences, where he received his undergraduate degrees. Min attended Harvard Law School, where he got his J.D. [8]

Prior to his election to the California State Senate, Min was an assistant law professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He focused on the law and policy of banking, capital markets, and real estate finance. [9] [10] He testified about the impact of Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations to the House Financial Services Subcommittee in 2012. [11] [ better source needed ]

Min passed the February 2022 California bar exam. [12]

Political career

After graduating from Harvard Law School, Min worked in financial regulation. Min was a staff attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Banking Committee counsel for Sen. Chuck Schumer [13] [14] and counsel and senior policy advisor for the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, [9] until becoming the associate director for Financial Markets Policy at the think tank Center for American Progress. [15] [16] There he supervised the Mortgage Finance Working Group. [17]

2018 congressional campaign

Min announced his House candidacy on April 5, 2017, challenging incumbent Rep. Mimi Walters in California's 45th congressional district. [18] Min stated he was inspired to run for Congress after President Donald Trump temporarily suspended immigration from certain predominantly Muslim countries, which he said was a "slap in the face" to the son of two immigrants. [19] Min said there is a new "groundswell of political consciousness" nationally among Korean Americans, with people starting to feel comfortable enough to enter politics. [20]

Min received the endorsement of the California Democratic Party at its State Convention in February 2018 after a contentious floor fight where he barely received the necessary 60% of the vote. [21] [22]

Min criticized Walters for living outside of the district and for refusing to hold public or in-person town halls. [7] Min came in third place in the primary election behind Walters and Katie Porter. [5] Porter went on to win the general election.

2020 State Senate campaign

On January 9, 2019, Min announced his campaign against State Senator John Moorlach to represent the California's 37th State Senate district. [23] In the primary election, Min defeated Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley, thus advancing to the general election to face Moorlach. [24]

Min narrowly defeated Moorlach in the fall of 2020 with 51.2% of the vote. [25] He assumed office on December 7, 2020. His term lasts four years. [26]

While in office, Min introduced legislation related to violence, including bills to expand protections for survivors of domestic abuse, study harassment on California's transit systems, make child custody cases private by default, and reduce gun shows and sales on state-owned property. [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

Min also introduced legislation to facilitate the termination of offshore oil drilling leases in Orange County following the 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill, but it died following opposition from the oil industry and trade unions. [32] Some lawmakers, including Bob Hertzberg, expressed concerns about the cost of Min's proposed legislation. [33]

2024 congressional campaign

Min announced a second campaign for Congress in January 2023, running for California's 47th congressional district. [34] Katie Porter, the incumbent representative who defeated Min in the 2018 congressional primary, vacated the seat to run in the 2024 United States Senate election in California and endorsed Min to succeed her. [35] After Min was arrested and convicted for a DUI, former representative Harley Rouda called for him to drop out of the race. Min declined to leave the race.

He finished first in the "top two" primary for CA-47 and advanced to the general election. He is facing Scott Baugh, a former assemblymember who was Porter's opponent in 2022, in the general election.

Personal life

Min is married to Jane Stoever, a clinical professor of law at UC Irvine. [36] She works on domestic violence issues. [37] They have three children. [7]

Min was arrested in Sacramento for drunk driving in 2023. [38] He had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit and did not have his headlights on when he was pulled over for driving through a red light. [39] Min pleaded no contest, and was sentenced to three years informal probation. [40]

Electoral history

2018

2018 California's 45th congressional district election
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mimi Walters (incumbent)86,76451.7
Democratic Katie Porter 34,07820.3
Democratic Dave Min29,97917.8
Democratic Brian Forde10,1076.0
No party preference John Graham3,8172.3
Democratic Kia Hamadanchy3,2121.9
Total votes167,957 100.0
General election
Democratic Katie Porter 158,906 52.1
Republican Mimi Walters (incumbent)146,38347.9
Total votes305,289 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2020

2020 California's 37th State Senate district election
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Moorlach (incumbent)132,27547.3
Democratic Dave Min78,29328.0
Democratic Katrina Foley 68,95224.7
Total votes279,520 100.0
General election
Democratic Dave Min 270,522 51.1
Republican John Moorlach (incumbent)258,42148.9
Total votes528,943 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

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  2. ↑ "Dave Min Boosts Slim Lead over Katrina Foley for Second Spot on November Ballot in 37th State Senate District". Los Angeles Times . March 4, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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