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1957: Dalip Singh Saund becomes the first Asian-American elected to the United States Congress, as a Representative for California's 29th district. 1962 Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian-American woman elected to a state legislative body in the United States, in the Hawaii State Senate [48] 1964: Hiram Fong becomes the first Asian-American U.S ...
Asian Californians are residents of the state of California who are of Asian ancestry. California has the largest Asian American population in the United States, and second highest proportion of Asian American residents, after Hawaii. As of the 2020 US census, there were over 6 million Asian Americans in California; 15.5% of the state's ...
Susan C. Lee, first Asian American elected to Maryland State Senate and to serve as Maryland Secretary of State. Ted Lieu, member of the United States House of Representatives (D-CA) Gary Locke, elected the first Asian American governor in the mainland United States in November 1996 and became Governor of Washington in January 1997.
Vince Fong, the son of Chinese immigrants, is the first Asian American to represent California’s 20th district in Congress. McCarthy’s congressional replacement brings Asian representation to ...
Today Filipinos live throughout Southern California, with approximately 321,000 in Los Angeles County and nearly 400,000 in the Southern California counties outside of L.A..
Sam Chu Lin (趙帝恩) – journalist, one of the first Asian Americans on network TV news; Laura Ling – journalist, sister of Lisa Ling; Lisa Ling (凌志慧) (1973- ) – journalist, known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View and host of National Geographic Ultimate Explorer; Betty Liu – news anchor, Bloomberg Television
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Vietnamese-American culture in California (2 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Asian-American culture in California" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.