{"id":1002928,"date":"2018-11-15T13:53:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002928"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:13:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:13:07","slug":"icymi-asian-americans-made-history-on-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-asian-americans-made-history-on-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Asian-Americans Made History on Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

*ICYMI*<\/p>\n

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Asian-Americans Made History on Election Day<\/p>\n

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This election, Asian-Americans made history. From Andy Kim\u2019s win in New Jersey to Nima Kulkarni in Kentucky, Asian-American Democrats won seats up and down ballot. Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n

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Who is Andy Kim? Meet N.J.’s first Asian-American congressman<\/a><\/p>\n

“I never thought that I would run for Congress,” Kim said in a video announcing his candidacy. “But I also never thought the representative from my home district would lead the charge for taking healthcare away from millions of Americans.”<\/p>\n

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First Asian-American, ‘Activist’ Attorney General Elected To Statewide Office In Connecticut<\/a><\/p>\n

A 45-year-old state representative from Stamford who grew up in the Hartford area marked another first for Connecticut politics on Election Day. William Tong became the first Asian-American in the state’s history to win a statewide office with his election as Attorney General.<\/p>\n

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2 Immigrants Become First Asian-Americans Elected To New York State Senate<\/a><\/p>\n

Democrat John Liu, who was born in Taiwan, won the District 11 state Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating three other challengers. Indian-American attorney Kevin Thomas, who immigrated to the U.S. when he was 10 years old, beat out Republican incumbent Kemp Hannon for the state\u2019s District 6 Senate seat.

Kentucky elects first Indian-American Nima Kulkarni as state representative<\/a><\/p>\n

Kentucky has elected its first Indian-American as state representative. Democrat Nima Kulkarni will represent District 40 in Frankfort. […] Kulkarni is an attorney and community activist who says she wants to protect public education and fight for better healthcare.<\/p>\n

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Democrat Josh Kaul Is Wisconsin\u2019s Next Attorney General<\/a><\/p>\n

After the race for Wisconsin\u2019s next Attorney General was neck and neck all night, we have a winner. And it\u2019s Democrat Josh Kaul, former federal prosecutor and son of the former Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager.<\/p>\n

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Meet N.J.’s first Asian-American congressman “I never thought that I would run […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nICYMI: Asian-Americans Made History on Election Day - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-asian-americans-made-history-on-election-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-15T17:53:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:13:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-asian-americans-made-history-on-election-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-asian-americans-made-history-on-election-day\/\",\"name\":\"ICYMI: Asian-Americans Made History on Election Day - 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