旧金山市前市参事简金当选加州保险局长 成首位亚裔女性局长
11月8日，美联社确认，加州选民已选出旧金山市前市参事简金（Jane Kim）为加州下一任保险局长。
简金11月6日宣布胜选，当天州参议员本·艾伦致电向她道贺并认输。计票显示，简金以52.7%对47.3%领先艾伦，优势约40万票，当时约65%的选票已清点。简金现年49岁，是斯坦福大学毕业的律师，曾任旧金山市参事，后来负责伯尼·桑德斯2020年总统竞选的竞选运作。她将成为1988年设立该民选职位以来首位担任保险局长的女性与亚裔人士，也是首位当选加州保险局长的韩裔女性。
保险局长领导加州保险局，负责监管保险公司、执行州保险法并处理消费者投诉。简金竞选时主打一项名为「人人享有自然灾害保险」的计划，主张把野火灾害保障从传统房屋保险中分离，纳入一个由州政府管理的非营利公共基金。她将接替任期届满的现任局长里卡多·拉腊，于明年初上任；选举结果须待12月11日认证后正式生效。
（来源：KION（美联社））
Former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim Elected California Insurance Commissioner, First Asian American Woman in the Role
The Associated Press confirmed on November 8 that California voters have elected former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim as the state's next insurance commissioner.
Kim declared victory on November 6, and State Senator Ben Allen called to congratulate her and concede the same day. Vote counts showed Kim leading Allen 52.7 percent to 47.3 percent, a margin of about 400,000 votes, with roughly 65 percent of ballots counted. Kim, 49, is a Stanford-educated attorney who served as a San Francisco supervisor and later ran operations for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. She will be the first woman and the first Asian American to hold the elected office since it was created in 1988, and the first Korean American woman elected California insurance commissioner.
The insurance commissioner leads the California Department of Insurance, regulating insurers, enforcing state insurance law and handling consumer complaints. Kim campaigned on a plan called "Natural Disaster Insurance for All," proposing to separate wildfire coverage from traditional homeowners insurance into a state-run nonprofit public fund. She succeeds term-limited incumbent Ricardo Lara and takes office early next year; the result becomes official upon certification on December 11.
(Source: KION (Associated Press))
来源：KION（美联社
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