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Asian Americans represent a growing share of the national population and of the electorate. [1] The lower political participation of Asian Americans has been raised as a concern, especially as it relates to their influence on politics in the United States. [2] [3] Asian Americans were once a strong constituency for Republicans.
This is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans in the U.S. Congress. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The term refers to a panethnic group that includes diverse populations with ancestral origins in East Asia, South Asia or Southeast Asia, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1]
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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A Democrat representing St. Paul's East Side, she is the highest ranking Hmong American elected official in the United States in 2002. Aftab Pureval, Mayor of Cincinnati; Sean Reyes, current U.S. attorney general of Utah; Eunice Sato, became the first Asian-American female mayor of a major American city (Long Beach, California) in 1980
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This category page lists both citizens of the United States and non-citizens of either full or partial Asian origin or descent who have been notable politicians. It also lists Americans of Asian descent who have been notable politicians outside of the country while citizens of the U.S.
Buoyed by the expansion of by-mail voting and grassroots organizing, a record 4 million Asian American and Pacific Islanders voted in the 2020 presidential