The year 2021 will see more Asian Americans take public office at all levels, some of them making history in the process. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was not the only American candidate of Asian ancestry who won big in the November elections. According to the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), a total of 167 Asian American candidates won at the federal, state, city and local levels.
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“More Asian American and Pacific Islanders or AAPIs are running for office than ever before,” said APAICS President & CEO Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke. She emailed the APAICS list of 2020 election results for federal and state legislative races. The list showed a grand total of 346 who ran in the recent elections. APAICS has urged others to add to the list.
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