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American state governors of Japanese descent (2 P) Pages in category "American politicians of Japanese descent" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
Japanese-Americans leaned toward Kerry, while Korean-Americans leaned toward Bush. [62] Democrat Barack Obama won 62% of the Asian American vote in the 2008 presidential election , [ 63 ] with the margin increasing during the 2012 presidential election , where Asian Americans voted to re-elect Obama by 73%. [ 64 ]
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).
Daniel Ken Inouye (/ iː ˈ n oʊ ˌ eɪ / ee-NOH-ay, [1] Japanese: 井上 建, [2] September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012.
Pages in category "Members of the United States Congress of Japanese descent" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Japanese American civil rights leaders and advocates criticized former President Trump for comparing rioters who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to those held in internment camps during ...
Japanese Americans (Japanese: 日系アメリカ人) are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in ranking to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry.
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]