Jane Kim

Office sought: Insurance Commissioner
Party: Democratic
Ballot designation: Consumer advocate/attorney

Background

Biography. Email editor@ballotpedia.org to notify us of updates to this biography. Kim obtained a B.A. in political science and Asian American studies from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Her professional experience includes working as a civil rights attorney and as a senior community organizer for the Chinatown Community Development Center. [1] [2]

Prior offices and election history

2026

See also: California Insurance Commissioner election, 2026 General election The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary. The candidate list in this election may not be complete. Nonpartisan primary Nonpartisan primary election for California Commissioner of Insurance The following candidates are running in the primary for California Commissioner of Insurance on June 2, 2026. Candidate Ben Allen (D) Steven Bradford (D) Jane Kim (D) Patrick Wolff (D) Submit photo Eric Aarnio (R) Merritt Farren (R) Robert P. Howell (R) Stacy Korsgaden (R) Sean Lee (R) Keith Davis (American Independent Party) Eduardo Vargas (Peace and Freedom Party) There are no incumbents in this race. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2026 — Endorsements

Kim received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Kim’s endorsements as published by their campaign, click here . To send us additional endorsements, click here . U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent) San Bernadino Young Democrats Working Families Party AROC Action’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by AROC Action) Allies Against AIPAC (Sway voting group by Allie O’Brien) Bernie Sanders’ Endorsements (Sway voting group by Bernie Sanders) CalMatters Voter Guide (Sway voting group by CalMatters) California DSA’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by California DSA) California Faculty Association’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by California Faculty Association) California Federation of Teachers’ Voting Group (Sway voting group by California Federation of Teachers) California Nurses Association / National Nurses United’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by California Nurses Association / National Nurses United) California School Employees Association’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by California School Employees Association) California Teachers Association’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by California Teachers Association) California Working Families Party’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by California Working Families Party) California Young Democrats’ Voting Group (Sway voting group by California Young Democrats) CrowdSourceCarrie Voting Group (Sway voting group by CrowdSourceCarrie) DSA San Diego’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by DSA San Diego) Fullerton Observer’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Fullerton Observer) Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club) IFPTE Local 21’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by IFPTE Local 21) KPBS Endorsement Guide (Sway voting group by KPBS) La Defensa’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by La Defensa) Legalmiga’s Legit Picks (Sway voting group by Taylor Tieman (@legalmiga)) National Union of Healthcare Workers’ Voting Group (Sway voting group by National Union of Healthcare Workers) New Deal Dems (Sway voting group by Hunter Dunn) One Vote at Time (Sway voting group by Derek Padilla-Ravega) Our Revolution East Bay’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Our Revolution East Bay) Potrero Hill Democratic Club’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Potrero Hill Democratic Club) SEIU California’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by SEIU California) SEIU Local 1021’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by SEIU Local 1021) SEIU Local 521’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by SEIU Local 521) SEIU Local 99’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by SEIU Local 99) SEIU-UHW’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by SEIU-UHW) San Diego Democrats for Equality’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by San Diego Democrats for Equality) San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by San Francisco Bay Guardian) San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters’ Voting Group (Sway voting group by San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters) San Francisco Tenants Union’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by San Francisco Tenants Union) San Francisco Women’s Political Committee’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by San Francisco Women’s Political Committee) San Francisco Young Democrats’ Voting Group (Sway voting group by San Francisco Young Democrats) The Raevolution Guide (Sway voting group by Rae Huang) UAW California’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by UAW California) UAW’s Endorsements (Sway voting group by UAW) UFCW Western States Council’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by UFCW Western States Council) UNITE HERE Local 2’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by UNITE HERE Local 2) Vote For Peace’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Vote For Peace) Vote with Clara Cox (Sway voting group by Clara Cox) Voting is a Team Sport | Katie Grossbard (Sway voting group by Katie Grossbard) Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club) Working Families Party California’s Voting Group (Sway voting group by Working Families Party California) iVoterGuide California (Sway voting group by iVoterGuide)

2018

See also: Mayoral election in San Francisco, California (2018) General election Special general election for Mayor of San Francisco The following candidates ran in the special general election for Mayor of San Francisco on June 5, 2018. Candidate % Votes ✔ London Breed (Nonpartisan) 36.6 91,918 Mark Leno (Nonpartisan) 24.4 61,276 Jane Kim (Nonpartisan) 24.2 60,644 Submit photo Angela Alioto (Nonpartisan) 7.0 17,447 Ellen Lee Zhou (Nonpartisan) 3.8 9,521 Richie Greenberg (Nonpartisan) 2.8 7,016 Amy Farah Weiss (Nonpartisan) 0.7 1,661 Michelle Bravo (Nonpartisan) 0.4 890 Other/Write-in votes 0.2 495 There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 250,868 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2018 — Campaign finance

Mayoral candidates in San Francisco may apply for up to $950,000 in public funds to aid their campaigns. In order to qualify for this aid, they must reach a threshold of $50,000 made in contributions or expenditures and then file a notice of reaching that threshold within 24 hours with the San Francisco Ethics Commission. As of January 22, 2018, three candidates had filed that paperwork with the Ethics Commission: London Breed , Jane Kim , and Mark Leno . [19]

May 19 report

The chart below details the campaign finance reports of the candidates in this race as of the May 19, 2018, filing deadline. [20]

May 19 report — Endorsements

Mayoral candidate endorsements Endorsement Angela Alioto Michelle Bravo London Breed Richie Greenberg Jane Kim Mark Leno Amy Farah Weiss Ellen Lee Zhou State officials State Sen. Scott Wiener (D) [21] ✔ ✔ State Assemblyman David Chiu (D) [22] ✔ State Treasurer Betty Yee ✔ ✔ Local officials Former San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos [23] ✔ Former San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez [23] ✔ San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer [24] [25] ✔ ✔ San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin [24] [25] ✔ ✔ San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safaí [24] ✔ San Francisco Supervisor Norman Yee [24] ✔ Organizations Our Revolution [26] ✔ San Francisco Democratic Party Central Committee [27] ✔ ✔ United Democratic Club [28] ✔ Harvey Milk LGBTQ Club [29] ✔ ✔ Alice Toklas LGBT Democratic Club [30] ✔ ✔ San Francisco Police Union Cite error: Invalid tag; invalid names, e.g. too many ✔ San Francisco Democratic Party [31] ✔ ✔ Equality California [32] ✔ San Francisco Firefighter’s Union [33] ✔ San Francisco Berniecrats [33] ✔ ✔ ✔ American Federation of Teachers [33] ✔ Community Tenants Association [33] [34] ✔ ✔ Service Employees International Union [23] ✔ ✔ ✔ Small Property Owners of San Francisco ✔ San Francisco Tenants Union [35] ✔ ✔ PAC’s Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund [32] ✔ Publications The San Francisco Chronicle [36] ✔ To see more endorsements for London Breed, click here . To see more endorsements for Jane Kim, click here . To see more endorsements for Mark Leno, click here .

2016

See also: California State Senate elections, 2016 Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016. [37] Incumbent Mark Leno (D) did not seek re-election. Scott Wiener defeated Jane Kim in the California State Senate District 11 general election. [38] [39] California State Senate, District 11 General Election, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes Democratic Scott Wiener 50.99% 209,462 Democratic Jane Kim 49.01% 201,316 Total Votes 410,778 Source: California Secretary of State Jane Kim and Scott Wiener defeated Ken Loo in the California State Senate District 11 Blanket primary. [40] [41] California State Senate, District 11 Blanket Primary, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes Democratic Jane Kim 45.31% 118,582 Democratic Scott Wiener 45.06% 117,913 Republican Ken Loo 9.63% 25,189 Total Votes 261,684

2014

See also: San Francisco, California Board of Supervisors elections, 2014 The city of San Francisco, California held board of supervisors elections on November 4, 2014. In District 6, incumbent Jane Kim defeated Michael Nulty , David Carlos Salaverry and Jamie Whitaker in the general election. [42] [43] San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 6, 2014 Candidate Vote % Votes Jane Kim Incumbent 67.4% 8,827 Michael Nulty 11.2% 1,467 Jamie Whitaker 11.1% 1,458 David Carlos Salaverry 9.2% 1,210 Write-in 1% 130 Total Votes 13,092 Source: San Francisco Board of Elections - Official 2014 election results

2014 — Endorsements

In 2014, Kim’s endorsements included the following: [44] Former Mayor Art Agnos Mayor Edwin M. Lee State Senator Mark Leno State Assembly Member Phil Ting California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton Treasurer and Tax Collector Jose Cisneros Carmen Chu, Assessor-Recorder Sandra Lee Fewer, Board of Education President Matt Haney, Board of Education Hydra Mendoza-McDonnell, Board of Education Rachel Norton, Board of Education Rafael Mandelman, Community College Board Trustee Jeff Adachi, Public Defender David Chiu, San Francisco Supervisor Board President John Avalos, San Francisco Supervisor David Campos, San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell , San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar, San Francisco Supervisor Katy Tang , San Francisco Supervisor Norman Yee, San Francisco Supervisor Black Young Democrats Building and Construction Trades Council California Nurses Association Carpenters Local 22 Community Tenants Association (CTA) FDR Democratic Club of San Francisco Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21 Laborers Local 261 Operating Engineers Local 3 San Francisco Bicycle Coalition San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Democratic Party San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 San Francisco Labor Council San Francisco Latino Democratic Club San Francisco League of Conservation Voters San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters San Francisco Municipal Executives Association San Francisco Police Officers Association San Francisco Rising Action Fund San Francisco Tenants Union San Francisco Women’s Political Committee San Francisco Young Democrats SEIU Local 87 Sierra Club UFCW Local 648 UNITE HERE! Local 2 Willie B. Kennedy Democratic Club Women’s Campaign Fund Asian Pacific Democratic Club West-Side Chinese Democratic Club City Democratic Club of San Francisco

Issue positions (campaign themes)

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses See also: Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Jane Kim completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kim’s responses. Expand all | Collapse all Who are you? Tell us about yourself. I’ve spent my career taking on the complex systems that make California unaffordable, and I’ve consistently delivered results for working people. I served for 12 years as an elected member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Board of Education. I authored California’s first $15 minimum wage, passed the strongest tenant protections in the country, negotiated record levels of affordable housing, and made San Francisco the first city in the nation to provide tuition-free community college for all residents. I’ve also worked as a youth organizer, an attorney with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, and as California Political Director for Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2020. I spent the last four years as the California Director of the Working Families Party advocating for consumers over corporate interests. The role of Insurance Commissioner requires policy expertise, political leadership, and the courage to stand up to powerful industries. I have a proven track record of all three. I will bring together stakeholders, negotiate with powerful interests, and write and enact policies to make insurance more affordable and available for all. The insurance commissioner should be working for you to lower prices, not working for the industry to increase profits. That’s why I will never take a dime of insurance industry money—and I am the only Democrat running for this office also refusing contributions from both corporate PACs and fossil fuel companies. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? I will make property insurance available and affordable for all by establishing a Disaster Insurance for All Program. To stabilize the market, we must actually reduce risk, not just get better at pricing it. To do this, we can place all homes into a single statewide pool for natural disaster coverage and keep premiums and investment returns in California. As a state, we can reduce our collective risk by investing a share of this revenue in community resiliency and infrastructure which makes us safer and offer zero- or low-interest loans to homeowners for home hardening and safety improvements. By reducing risk instead of just reacting to it, a single payer system can actually make us safer. I will guarantee fast and fair claims. Your rates shouldn’t go up because you filed a claim, asked about filing one, or had a no-fault collision. I will freeze your rates when you file a claim. I’ll require insurers to advance most of your contents coverage within two weeks of filing a claim, pay you interest on claims when they deny, delay or underpay a valid claim, investigate insurers with high complaint rates, and publish claims performance data. I will establish a Policyholder Bill of Rights by law: timely decisions on claims, clear written explanations for any denial, access to independent appraisal, and documentation of all communications with your insurer. I will create a plan to guarantee healthcare for every child in California by establishing Medicare for Kids. Healthcare for all children is affordable and should be guaranteed. No child should be denied care and annual check-ups because of their parent’s job or employment status. Roughly 400,000 low-income children lose their Medi-Cal coverage every year because of a slight increase in income, missed renewal forms, or paperwork. While this office does not oversee managed health care plans, it can write the plan and put it forward to legislators and voters. Additionally, I’ll expand California’s existing Low Cost Car Insurance Program into a true public option for affordable car insurance. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? I fight every day for middle and working class people to be able to afford to live and stay in California. And I’m running for Insurance Commissioner to re-imagine and redesign insurance to work for all of us. This means taking on the $3.3 trillion insurance industry that’s recording blockbuster profits while raising premiums, cancelling coverage, and fighting our claims every step of the way. We require Californians to have insurance to drive to work, open a small business or qualify for a mortgage. For this reason, insurance must be affordable and accessible to all. Otherwise we are cutting everyday Californians out of the economy. What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office? The core responsibility of the Insurance Commissioner is to be a fierce watchdog for consumer rights, and an independent voice for Californians. This office is the only backstop between Californians and a $3 trillion industry that’s price gouging insurance products we are required to have to participate in our economy and build wealth. California’s insurance crisis didn’t happen because we haven’t elected an actuary as Insurance Commissioner; it happened because we lacked leaders willing to use the Insurance Commissioner’s office to hold the industry accountable. I’ve spent my career doing exactly what this office should be doing – negotiating with powerful corporate interests and winning. Rate regulation requires negotiation skills, reforming market conduct is about being unafraid to hold large corporations accountable, and delivering consumer protections demands real political will. I have demonstrated the ability to successfully do all three. We don’t need to elect a Commissioner who knows how to sell insurance — we need to elect someone with the courage to solve it. The Department of Insurance already has insurance analysts and actuaries. What it needs is a Commissioner who understands the market deeply – which

2018

Kim’s 2018 campaign website highlighted the following campaign themes: [45] “ Jane Kim is a proven progressive leader who is committed to making San Francisco work for all of us. San Francisco is home to innovation, and it will require big ideas and an innovative mind to address our cities most pressing issues. In this election, we have the opportunity to make San Francisco a beacon for the nation. We are not only a progressive city, we have the resources to implement progressive policies which invest in people and infrastructure to create fundamental change. With courageous leadership and vision, we can demonstrate what a city which invests in childcare, education and housing looks like as Washington DC continues to divest from communities and dismantle programs which strengthen our working and middle class. Jane has a plan to make San Francisco work for all of us As our Mayor she will: Declare an immediate State of Emergency on homelessness – ensuring that Sacramento takes up the fight alongside us to end homelessness in San Francisco and across California Create universal early childhood education to provide families with high quality care, close our achievement gap and invest in a productive workforce which includes women Place a moratorium on unfair evictions to keep people in their homes, instead of kicked onto our streets while we address San Francisco’s eviction crisis San Francisco Loves Clean Streets Jane Kim understands that waste on our streets isn’t just an eyesore, it’s an economic and environmental disaster and a public health crisis waiting to happen. As a Supervisor, she has pushed for additional funding to step-up street cleaning this year and as our next Mayor, she will implement an aggressive plan to clean our streets. Over the last three years, there has been a sharp uptake in reports of trash, feces, needles, glass and other materials on our street. Data compiled by the city indicates this problem has gotten worse over the last three years with 311 service requests more than doubling. Her San Francisco Loves Clean Streets plan includes three immediate steps to address this problem: Partner with non-profit group and Community Benefit Districts to greatly expand deployment of Neighborhood Streets Team which employ homeless individuals to help clean the streets while providing them with job training skills and housing income. Double the number of “Pit Stops” in high problem areas to reduce public urination and defecation and cut the risk of disease. Double the number of street cleaners. Cities like Hong Kong have thousands of street cleaners. San Francisco has 285. We can do better and have the resources to do so. In the longer term, she will appoint a Clean Streets Director and work with business leaders, non-profits, city agencies and community health experts to put in place the preventative and enforcement measures to stop public street disposal. Read more about San Francisco Loves Clean Streets. Jane Kim has fought for our city because she loves our city – and she knows San Francisco won’t be the place we all know and love if city government doesn’t work for all of us. [46] ”

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Sources

• CalMatters 2026 Voter Guide
• Ballotpedia (enrichment, when available)