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 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.

Rep. Andy Kim is the first Korean-American elected to the U.S. Senate after taking over a New Jersey seat held by former 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 Rep. Andy Kim and Republican businessman Curtis Bashaw are running for the seat vacated by convicted Sen. Bob Menendez.

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

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.

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