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Surya Yalamanchili becomes sixth South Asian to run for Congress

Tue, 11/10/2009 - 18:34

Add reality-TV contestant Surya Yalamanchili to the growing list of South Asians running for Congress.


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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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Asian American candidates fundraising numbers

Sat, 10/17/2009 - 09:57

In the 2010 election cycle so far, six Asian Americans have officially announced their candidacies for Congress, not including the seven incumbents. We've reported on a few of the fundraising numbers already, but here's a handy chart that includes all their numbers for these challengers (and their key opponents) as of 9/30/2009.


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