Opening Makes Kim Varet the Only CA-40 Candidate with a Business Located Inside the District

Tustin, CA – Yesterday, the LA Times published an article covering the opening of Various Small Fires, Esther Kim Varet’s newest art gallery. The new Tustin location is the fourth outpost for Kim Varet’s business, after Los Angeles, Dallas, and Seoul. Kim Varet is the only candidate for California’s 40th Congressional district with a physical business in the district and the only candidate creating full time jobs in the district.

READ THE ARTICLE HERE

“As a business owner and employer in California’s 40th Congressional District, I see every day the damage that Young Kim and the Trump administration are inflicting on our small businesses and families,” said Esther Kim Varet. “We need a representative that understands what it’s like to deal with salaries, 401(k)s, and budgeting - not a representative like Young Kim who has spent decades on the government payroll, hurting our small businesses by supporting Trump’s erratic tariff policies.”

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California’s 40th is a Congressional District representing portions of Orange County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County in Southern California. CA-40’s constituents voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in 2020. House Majority PAC lists CA-40 as a top target, the DCCC lists CA-40 as a “District in Play”, and the Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index (PVI) ranks the district as one of the 10 most vulnerable House seats with a Republican incumbent in the nation. Esther Kim Varet raised over $1 million in Q1 2025, outpacing the combined Democratic field by over 3.2x.

Incumbent Republican Young Kim’s support for MAGA policies, including a federal ban on abortion even in cases of rape and incest, support of the GOP budget bill that would strip 40,000+ of her constituents from Medicaid, blocking legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs, and rejection of common sense gun safety, have made Kim extremely vulnerable. In contrast, Esther Kim Varet will always vote to protect women’s right to choose, provide access to healthcare, lower prescription drug costs, and support responsible gun safety.

CA-40 includes the cities of Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills, Orange, Chino Hills, Tustin, Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods, Villa Park, Lake Forest, the unincorporated communities of North Tustin and Coto de Caza, and parts of Brea and Corona.