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Ami Bera profile in LA Times

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 08:53

Here's a short piece on Congressional candidate Ami Bera that appeared in the LA Times today. Bera is one of six Indian Americans running for Congress this year. Of the six, all of whom are Democrats, Bera seems to be in the top tier, if not the top contender to win in November.


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Evan Low becomes mayor of Campbell

Wed, 12/02/2009 - 10:30

Congratulations again to Evan Low on becoming the youngest Asian American mayor in the country, as well as the youngest openly gay mayor as well. For those of you unfamiliar with Evan, he's a great advocate for both AAPI's and LGBT issues. Most recently, he helped coordinate the mixer of AAPI progressives in Southern California that APAP co-hosted. Here's just one of the many great write-ups that just appeared.


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Manan Trivedi snags major endorsement

Fri, 11/06/2009 - 08:55

Things are starting to get interesting in PA-06. That's where physician, Iraq War veteran and APAP-PAC endorsed candidate Manan Trivedi has not only posted strong numbers in his first fundraising quarter, but also now snagged another major endorsement. PA State Senator Andrew Dinniman has come out with an endorsement of Trivedi.


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Help elect Mark Keam for VA Delegate

Mon, 11/02/2009 - 09:16

APAP PAC-endorsed candidate Mark Keam's election for Virginia Delegate in the 35th District is tomorrow. For those who are not able to trek to his VA HQ today and tomorrow, you can support him by phonebanking from home or work. Please email/contact Nick Below.

 


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Indian Americans running for Congress

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 12:45

Here at APAP, we've reported quite a few times on the number of South Asians running for Congress this election cycle. It's a stellar group including announced candidates physician Ami Bera in CA-03, Iraq War Veteran Manan Trivedi in PA-06, State Senator Raj Goyle in KS-04 and attorney Ravi Sangisetty in LA-03, as well as rumored candidate Reshma Saujani in NY-14. Now it seems like others are noticing this trend as well.


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John Liu and Margaret Chin continue to get great press

Mon, 10/05/2009 - 12:25

Ever since New York City Councilman John Liu won the Democratic nomination and Margaret Chin, along with candidates Kevin Kim and Yen Chou, won in their Democratic primaries for city council last month, there's been a lot of great press about the milestone for Asian Americans.  Here are a couple of more recent articles.


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Sam Yoon finishes second among Asian Americans in Boston

Sat, 09/26/2009 - 20:40

It seems the power of incumbency really does matter. In an interesting report from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, it seems Asian American voters went overwhelming for the current mayor, Thomas Menino, over challenger and City Councilor Sam Yoon.  Menino was able to carry 71% of the Asian American vote, even higher than his 51% of the general population.


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John Liu for City Comptroller Update

Sun, 09/20/2009 - 22:21

As we all know, New York City Councilman John Liu won his primary last Tuesday, besting a competitive field with 38% of the vote for the office of City Comptroller. Unfortunately, Liu barely missed the 40% necessary to avoid a run-off with second place finisher David Yasskey, so the two top finishers have to face off in a Democratic run-off on Sept. 29th.  Here's an update of links that the campaign sent out earlier today.


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Asian Americans show political muscle in New York

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 22:42

On Tuesday, history was made as three Asian Americans look poised to join the city council: Margaret Chin in District 1, Kevin Kim in District 19 and Yen Chou in District 20. That's a major increase from the single City Councilman in the city's 300-something year history, John Liu.


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Asian American Democrats in Congress support repeal of DOMA

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 20:09

Progressive New York City Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) introduced the "Respect for Marriage Act," in the House today.


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