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Asian Americans top most expensive campaigns for NY City Council

Fri, 12/04/2009 - 00:30

Asian Americans running for office in New York City had a banner year this past cycle, not just with the record-number of candidates, but also the amount of money they raised. In fact, the three most expensive campaigns for New York City Council were all run by Asian Americans: Kevin Kim, Yen Chou and Peter Koo.


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Asian American Candidates Win in Local Elections

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 16:47

Cross-posted: Reappropriate


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Election Results

Tue, 11/03/2009 - 16:48
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Today's the big election day in parts of the country. We're keep an eye on results from New York City where several Asian Americans including John Liu, Kevin Kim, Margaret Chin, Peter Koo and Yen Chou are up for election, as well as Maine and Washington with their marriage equality referendums. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Queens Democrats Unite Against Racial Politics in District 19

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 13:40

Election Day is fast approaching in New York City and the City Council seats remind heated.  In District 19, Korean American Democrat, Kevin Kim is squaring off against Republican Dan Halloran in this heavily Democratic District.  District 19 borders Flushing, New York, a neighborhood that is predominately home to Asian immigrants.  Middle class families have recently started moving out of crowded Flushing apartment in favor of one and two family homes in the neighborhoods that encompass District 19.  This demographic shift was apparent in the surprise victo


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Kevin Kim volunteers file report on racist incident

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 08:14

After the recent New York City primary and runoff, Asian Americans celebrated the historic victories by New York City Comptroller candidate John Liu and City Council candidates Kevin Kim, Margaret Chin and Yen Chou. I guess some people were not as excited.


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Kevin Kim to appear at APAP event, this Friday

Wed, 09/23/2009 - 05:32

Great news, everyone. New York City Council candidate Kevin Kim will be stopping by our event this Friday in New York City. Kim, who is deputy director of community affairs for U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside), recently won the Democratic nomination for the City Council seat in District 19 with 30 percent of the vote. The general election is Nov. 3rd. It would be great if you could join us and meet him and other invited guests!

Please make sure to RSVP to Theresa Thanjan!


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Bilingual voters in New York exercise their rights

Sat, 09/19/2009 - 20:51

The New York Times has really taken notice of the success that the Asian American community achieved on last Tuesday's primary. Here's another article on the community. This time, it's about the fight for bilingual ballots and it focuses on the fight that the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund has been been waging for years.


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Minorities To Become Majority in New York City Council

Thu, 09/17/2009 - 22:44

In my post election analysis, I neglected to mention another historic aspect to last Tuesday's election.  Racial minorities are finally poised to become the majority in the City Council.  At least 24 (and likely as many as 28 pending November elections) Black, Hispanic and Asian City Councilmen will finally reflect the racial and ethnic makeup of New York City.  Previously, the 51-member body which previously had 40% of the seats held by minorities.  The gains are due to three


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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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Kevin Kim wins City Council seat in Queens, First Korean American

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 14:32

UPDATE (11/4/09) - Unfortunately, we got a little ahead of ourselves on this one. Back in Sept, Kevin won the nomination and we assumed he would win the general election. In an upset, Kevin actually lost to Republican Daniel Halloran III. More information on the race can be found here.


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