Kevin Kiley

Kevin Kiley strikes me as one of the more intriguing figures in California politics, precisely because he operates in difficult territory for his party. A lawyer and professor who entered the State Assembly in his early thirties, he gambled on the 2021 recall race against Gavin Newsom, lost, and still converted the exposure into a U.S. House seat by 2023. Whatever one thinks of his positions, that sequence shows tactical patience: treating a losing campaign as an investment rather than an ending. He is still young by congressional standards, and I suspect his ambitions extend well beyond a single House district.

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Name (English)

Kevin Kiley

Name (Japanese)

ケビン・カイリー

Reading

けびん・かいりー

Born

January 30, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Sacramento, California, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer / professor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

High school

Granite Bay High School

University

Harvard College

• Official sitehttps://ad06.asmrc.org/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kevinpkiley/
• Xhttps://x.com/KevinKileyCA
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Kiley%20(politician)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27987136

Tags

• California
• politician
• lawyer
• professor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.