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Happy Veteran's Day, folks. Just got this press release from our friends at APIAVote, the non-partisan organization dedicated to registering Asian American and Pacific Islander voters. It included a really extensive list of AAPI candidates running across the country. Take a look, you may find some future Congressmember or Governor or President on the list. Thanks to Naomi, Alvina and Daphne for putting together the great list.
AAPI Candidates
Several AAPI candidates won their races, showing their support from the AAPI community as well as their broader constituents. In New York, John Liu won the Comptroller election making him the first Asian-American to serve as a top city official. Mark Keam, won Virginia's 35th District House of Delegates seat, making him the first Asian-American to serve in Virginia government. Margaret Chin won her New York City Council race, the first time a Chinese-American has won in the Manhattan Chinatown district. AAPI voters across the country were energized as another dozen AAPI candidates in school board and city council elections won their elections. Tuesday's election results make quite the victory for AAPI elected officials.
See the list below for full results:
Candidate Race State Party Percent of Total Vote Won/Lost Al Muratsuchi Torrance School Board CA Democratic 24.79 Won Alan Fong Orchard School Board CA Democratic 27.63 Won Alex Wan Atlanta City Council District 6 GA Democratic 32.1 Won Andrew Wong Pomona Unified School Board CA Democratic 20 Won Anjali Kausar Cupertino Union School District Board CA Democratic 25.91 Won AnYork Lee Walnut Valley School Board CA Republican 18.93 Lost Barry Chang Cupertino City Council CA Republican 16 Won Ben Liao Cupertino Union School District CA Republican 28.84 Won Bharat Patel City Cler - City of El Monte CA Democratic 42.93 Lost C. Joseph Chang San Marino School Board CA Republican 32.19 Won Cary Chen Rowland School Board CA Democratic 16.75 Won Daniel Nguyen Cupertino City Council CA Democratic 12.49 Lost Darcy Paul Cupertino City Council CA Democratic 11.03 Lost David Lim San Mateo City Council 2009 CA Democratic 23.3 Won David Liu Diamond Bar City Council CA Republican 10.06 Lost Edwin Chau Montebello Unified School District CA Democratic 24.2 Won Hanley Chan Broadmoor Police Commission CA Democratic 28.7 Lost Henry Huang Baldwin Park City Council CA Republican 8.08 Lost Indravadan Patel Blythe City Council CA Republican 8.91 Lost James Kang ABC Unified School District CA Republican 20.94 Lost Jeanette Rishell Virginia House of Delegates 50th District VA Democratic 37.57 Lost Jeff Gee Redwood City Council CA Democratic 24.5 Won Jeng Yen San Marino School Board CA Republican 28.85 Won John Liu New York City Comptroller NY Democratic 76 Won John Tran El Monte Union High School Board CA Republican 15.3 Won John Yuen Garvey School Board CA Republican 24.15 Won Joseph Chang Hacienda La Puente School Board CA Democratic 21.67 Won Judy Chen Haggerty Mount San Antonio School Community College School Board CA Republican 42.34 Won Julie Chan San Mateo-Foster City School Board CA Democratic 25.2 Won Karyl Matsumoto South San Francisco City Council CA Democratic 26.6 Won Ken Ibarra San Bruno City Council CA Democratic 48.6 Won Ken Tcheng San Gabriel School Board CA Democratic 16.12 Lost Kern Peng Cupertino Union School District CA Democratic 14.68 Lost Kevin Kim New York City Council District 19 NY Democratic 47.5 Lost Linda Wu San Marino School Board CA Republican 10.46 Lost Ling Ling Chang Walnut Valley Water District Board of Directors, Div. 3 CA Republican 18.76 Won Lucy Huang Diamond City Council CA Republican 8.94 Lost Mahesh Nihalani Cupertino City Council CA Democratic 12.11 Lost Margaret Chin New York City Council, First District NY Democratic 86 Won Mark Keam Virginia House of Delegates VA Democratic 51 Won Mark Pulido ABC Unified School District CA Democrat 24.13 Won Michiko Oyama-Canada Hawaiian Gardens City Council CA Republican 14.55 Won Naogan Ma West Hartford Board of Education CT Democratic Won Olympia Chen ABC Unified School District Board CA Republican 19.74 Lost Pearl Wu Hillsborough City School Board CA Democratic Lost Peter Koo New York City Council District 20 NY Republican 48.5 Won Philip Hu San Gabriel School Board CA Republican 21.2 Won Robert Khan Tran Rosemead Elementary School Board CA Republican 12.81 Lost Sam Patel Blythe City Council CA Democratic 14.49 Won Sam Yoon Boston City Deputy Mayor MA Democratic 21 Lost Shin Liu Cerritos Community College School Board CA Republican 18.69 Won Tzeitel Paras-Caracci Duarte City Council CA Democratic 18.69 Won Vallay Moua Varro Saint Paul School Board MN Democratic 58.8 Won Victor Manalo Artesia City Council CA Democratic 32.63 Won Wing Yu Foster City City Council CA Democratic 18.5 Lost Yen Chou New York City Council District 20 NY Democratic 45.5 Lost
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| User | Points |
|---|---|
| curtis | 1928 |
| ebeh | 1161 |
| Madhuri | 1145 |
| erinjerri | 1074 |
| spamfriedrice | 551 |
| oliveoil | 457 |
| Calvin Prashad | 358 |
| JennyG | 281 |
| jenn | 219 |
| chriswong | 155 |
The table is far from complete - it was compiled by a combination of google searches, word-of-mouth and ethnic press coverage. I encourage folks to send us any names you may have - we have received many additions and some corrections as well and will be sending out an update early next week. In the future, it would be great to have a wiki for AAPI candidates so we can use the power of the community to keep this data up-to-date and complete (stay tuned...)
Great, looking forward to the update... one request would be to organize the candidates by state and races and not alphabetically
Hi Curtis,
Here is the updated table - sorted by state: http://www.apiavote.org/aapi-elected-officials
Happy Thanksgiving!
Andrew Wong (Pomona USD Board Member) is probably a REPUBLICAN......
Olympia Chen (ABC Unified) did WIN the election!
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