IT WAS A BIG NIGHT for Asian/American voters in California. A record number of Asian/Americans were running for statewide offices and Congressional seats indicating a desire for Asian American and Pacific Islanders' desire for full involvement in the electoral process.
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Here's how they fared in the statewide races:
• John Chiang failed to finish in the top two spots in the race for governor. State Treasurer Chiang finished behind top votegetters Democrat Gavin Newsom and Republican John Cox, who will face off in November since neither garnered more than 50 percent of the votes.
• Betty Yee was reelected as Controller. Vivek Viswanathan came up short in his first bid for office.
• Pakistani/American Asif Mahmood lost to Steve Poizner in the race for Insurance Commissioner.
• The race for State Board of Equalization (Dist. 2) was too close to call as of this writing between Malia Cohen and Mark Burns leaving Barry Chang out in the cold.
The top two votegetters -- regardless of party -- in Californina's Congressional races will run off in November. Surprisingly, three Repulican Asian Americans will continue their campaigns in the fall. Except in one case, Asian American Democrats were not so lucky. The good news/bad news follows:
• Filipina American Cristina Osmena will represent the GOP vs. incumbent Jackie Spier in District 14.
• Republican Elizabeth Heng will run against incumbent Jim Costa in District 16.
• TJ Cox, a Filipino American Democrat, will go up against three-term GOP incumbent David Valadao in District 21.
• Democrat Andrew Janz, a Thai American, will challenge incumbent, Rep. Devin Nunes in District 22.
• Political veteran Young Kim won the most votes in District 39. She will face off against lottery winner Gil Cisneros. Mai Khanh Tran, Suzi Park Leggett and Herb Lee finished far back in the pack.
• Edwin Duterte, who inexplicably sought the support of white supremacists, lost to Democratic incumbent Rep. Maxine Walters in District 43.
• Dave Min narrowly missed placing second in District 45. Incumbent Republican Mimi Waters and Katie Porter will face off in November.
• Shamus Sayed in District 50 and Bryan Kim in District 53 were never factors in their respective races.
Democratic incumbents Doris Matsui, District 6; Ami Bera, District 7; Ro Khanna, District 17; Judy Chu, District 27; Ted Lieu, District 33; and Mark Takano, District 41; topped their respective races and will face challengers this Fall. There were no Republican incumbents.
Updated: June 8 to include District 21 results.
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