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Name Image Term Ethnicity State Party Offices held Kamala Harris (1964–) 2021–present: Indian American: California: Democratic: Harris, who is half Indian American, [8] became the US' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president.
Inouye was the highest an Asian American had reached in the line of succession until the Vice-Presidency of Kamala Harris. In 2010, Inouye announced his decision to run for a ninth term. [ 54 ] He easily won the Democratic primary—the real contest in heavily Democratic Hawaii — and then won against Republican state representative Campbell ...
2010: Daniel Inouye becomes the first Asian-American President pro tempore of the United States Senate, making him the highest-ranking Asian-American politician in American history. 2015: Yumi Hogan becomes the first Asian-American First Lady of a U.S. State. [59]
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Before Harris entered the race, 46% of Asian American voters said they would choose Biden. It was down from the 54% who said they planned to do so in the 2020 election . During that cycle, just ...
Harris’s nomination also comes at a time of heightened South Asian representation in U.S. politics. Currently, five Indian Americans, all Democrats, serve in Congress, including Rep. Jayapal in ...
Since 1957, 41 Asian Americans have been elected as U.S. Representatives and 9 as U.S. Senators. Hawaii was the first of four states to send an Asian American to the Senate (1959) and Illinois is the most recent state to elect a senator of similar descent for the first time (2016).
The rise in political activity comes as NC’s Asian population grows and Kamala Harris’ campaign could put an Asian ... top voting issues on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 in Morrisville, N.C ...