New Jersey Democrat Andy Kim has won his bid for the U.S. Senate. He will become the first Korean-American elected to the Senate — and, at 42, its third-youngest member.

Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican businessman Curtis Bashaw are running for the seat vacated by convicted Sen. Bob Menendez.

Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) will win New Jersey’s open Senate seat, cementing his rise from an underdog candidate to one of the state’s top officials, Decision Desk HQ projects. Kim defeated Republican Curtis Bashaw to win the seat,

Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Kim was elected Tuesday to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican businessman Curtis Bashaw for the seat that opened when Bob Menendez resigned this year after his federal conviction on bribery charges.

Senator-elect Andy Kim (D) sailed to victory Tuesday, capping a campaign that began with criminal charges against his predecessor.

The race for the Senate seat once occupied by former Sen. Bob Menendez saw Democrat Andy Kim winning over Republican candidate Curtis Bashaw.

Andy Kim, the millennial son of South Korean immigrants and three-term Democratic congressman, was elected to the U.S. Senate in a historic win that upended New Jersey politics and gives Kim the distinction of being the country’s first Korean American senator.

Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey won the Senate seat vacated by former Sen. Bob Menendez, keeping the seat in Democratic hands, the Associated Press projected just as voting concluded. Kim, who defeated hotel developer Curtis Bashaw,