Jane Kim will win the race for California insurance commissioner, easily surpassing Southern California State Sen. Ben Allen by more than 600,000 votes, NBC News projected Monday.
With 77% of the expected ballots counted as of Monday, Kim, a former San Francisco supervisor, had earned more than 53% of the vote, compared with Allen’s 46%.
- California Insurance Commissioner
- 83% expected vote in
Projected Winner
- Jane Kim
- 53.79%
- 5,228,052
- Ben Allen
- 46.21%
- 4,491,583
Kim, who was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, ran as a self-described “unapologetic” and “populist” candidate seeking to overhaul the state’s insurance system. Her proposals included creating a single-payer disaster insurance system and lowering other insurance costs for consumers.
“California shouldn’t just be blue. We should be bold, and we will govern the way we ran, ambitiously with some big ideas,” Kim said after declaring victory on social media…