Contests in 2006

Federal Contests

Jan C. Ting (R)
Candidate for U.S. Senate
Delaware
(Temple University Law Professor
former Assistant Commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization Service)
2006 election results:
Ting 29%
Carper 70%

Daniel Akaka (D) (i)
U.S. Senate
Hawaii
Primary results:
Daniel Akaka  55%
Ed Case  45%
2006 election results:
Akaka: 61%
Thielen: 37%

Ms. Hong Tran (D)
Candidate for U.S. Senate
Washington
Hong Tran for Senate
Primary results:
Maria Cantwell (i): 90.8%
Hong Tran: 5.3%  

Michael Honda (D) (i)
U.S. House
California -  District 15 (San Jose)
2004 election results:
Michael Honda (D)  72%
Raymond Chukwu (R)  28%
2006 Primary results: unopposed
2006 election results:
Honda: 72%
Chukwu: 28%

Doris Matsui (D) (i)
U.S. House 
California District 5 (Sacramento)
2005 election results: 69%
2006 Primary results: unopposed
2006 election results:

Tan Nguyen (R)
Candidate for U. S. House
California District 47
(investment management specialist)
2006 election results:
Nguyen: 38%
Sanchez: 62%

Open seat!
Mazie Hirono (D) (former Lieutenant Governor)
Candidate for U. S. House
Hawaii - District 2 (rural Oahu-neighbor islands)
Primary results:
Mazie Hirono: 20.7%
Colleen Hanabusa: 20.0%
Matt Matsunaga: 13.5%
Nestor Garcia (D) (Honolulu Councilman) (Filipino-American)
Quentin Kawananakoa (R) (former state representative)
Clayton Hee (D) (state senator)
Ron Menor (D) (state senator) (Filipino-American)
www.opensecrets.org: 9/3/06 cash on hand: Hirono $150,129
2006 election results:
Hirono  61%
Hoque: 39%

Open seat!
Tammy Duckworth (D)
Open seat!
Tammy Duckworth (D)
Candidate for U.S. House 
Illinois - District 6 (Lombard)
http://duckworthforcongress.com/ 
Disabled veteran of Second Iraq War
www.opensecrets.org
6/30/06: $901,694 cash on hand
Opponent had $1,339,555
2006 election results:
Duckworth: 49%
Roskam: 51%

Bobby Jindal (R) (i)
U.S. House 
Louisiana -- District 1
info@bobbyjindal.com
www.bobbyjindal.com
2004 election results:
Bobby Jindal (R)  78%
Roy Armstrong (D)  7%
M. V. Mendoza (D)  4%
Daniel Zimmerman (D)  4%
Jerry Watts (D)  3%
Mike Rogers (R)  3%
2006 election results:
Jindal (R): 88%
Gereighty (D): 7%
Tallitsch (D): 4%

David Wu (D) (i)
U.S. House
Oregon - 1st District
david@wuforcongress.com
www.wuforcongress.com
1998: won with 52%
2000: won with 58%
2002: won with 62%
2004 election results:
David Wu (D) (i)  58%
Goli Ameri (R)  38%
Other  4%
2006 election results:
Wu: 63%
Kitts: 34%

Raj Peter Bhakta (R)
Candidate for U.S. House
Pennsylvania - 13th District
(entrepreneur, real estate developer, contestant on TV show "The Apprentice")
2006 election results:
Bhakta: 34%
Schwartz: 66%



State Contests

Justice Joyce L. Kennard (non-partisan)
California Supreme Court
2006 election results:
Retained 74.6%

John Chiang (D) 
Candidate for California Controller
www.chiangforcalifornia.com
currently Chair, California Board of Equalization - District 4
(greater Los Angeles area)
2002 Election results:
John Chiang (D)    63.5%
2006 Primary results:
John Chiang: 53%
Joe Dunn: 47%
7/30/06: cash on hand $180,216 while opponent had $160,817
8/1/06 Field Poll: Chiang holds a lead of 38% to 27%, with more than a third undecided.
endorsed by Fresno Bee, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Modesto Bee, Orange County Weekly, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Tribune , San Francisco Examiner, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
2006 election results:
Chiang: 50.4%
Strickland: 40.1%

Betty Yee (D)
Candidate for California Board of Equalization - District 1
http://www.bettyyee2006.com/
2006 Primary results: unopposed
629,095 voted in the Democratic primary while 288,764 voted in the Republican primary
CA Secretary of State: 5/20/06: $265,741 cash on hand
No info on Republican candidate
9/30/06: endorsed by Sacramento Bee
10/2/06: endorsed by San Francisco Examiner
2006 election results:
Yee: 64.7%
Neighbors: 29.2%

Michelle Park Steel (R)
Candidate for California Board of Equalization - District 3
www.steelforboe.com
CA Secretary of State: 5/20/06: $180,274 cash on hand
No info on Democratic candidate
2006 Primary results:
Michelle Park Steel : 38%
Ray Haynes: 33.5%
Steve Petruzzo: 16.3%
Hal Jimbo Styles: 7%
Lewis Da Silva 5.2%  
2006 election results:
Steel: 57.0%
Christian-Heising: 38.5%

Mr. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D) - incumbent
Michigan House - 22nd District (Taylor and Romulus around Detroit's airport)
probably first Asian-American elected to Michigan House
Hopgood was born in Inchon, South Korea, and adopted by American 
parents when he was two years old.
2004 election results:
Mr. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D) (i)  69.6%
Fred Kalsic (R)  25.3%
Rick Butkowski (UST)  5.2%
2006 election results:
Hopgood: 74.0%
Armstrong: 22.6%

Satveer Chaudhary (D) - incumbent
Minnesota State Senate, new District 50
1601 North Innsbruck Dr.
Fridley, MN 55432
763-571-0897
satveerc@aol.com
http://www.chaudhary.org/ 
2002 Election results:
Satveer Chaudhary (D)    55.5%
Steve Minar (R)    44.4%
2006 election results:
Chaudhary: 63.2%
Anderson: 36.6%

Mee Moua (D) - incumbent
Senate Majority Whip
Minnesota State Senate - District 67
Eastsiders for Mee
1797 3rd Street East
St. Paul, MN 55119
651-793-0104
Fax: 651-793-0106
info@meemoua.com 
Campaign website 
2002 Election results:
Mee Moua (D)    60.1%
Dave Racer (R)    39.9%
2006 election results:
Moua: 69.0%
Mulkern: 30.7% 

Mr. Cy Thao (D) - incumbent
Minnesota House of Representatives - District 65A
Box 102
995 University Ave. W.
St. Paul, MN 55104
cythao@hotmail.com
(Hmong)
2002 Election results:
Cy Thao (D)    79.5%
Gary DeYoung (R)    20.5%
2004 election results:
Cy Thao (D)  76.3%
Paul Holmgren (R)  23.7%
2006 election results:
Thao: 80.2%
Holmgren: 19.2%

Saghir Tahir (R) - incumbent
New Hampshire House of Representatives - 
 District 9 (Hillsborough County)
510-252-9858
(Pakistani)
2004 election results:
Saghir Tahir (R) (i)  20.4%
Jim Craig (D)  18.9%
2006 election results:
Tahir (R): 18.6%
Hackett (D)  18.3%

Ellen Young (D)
Candidate for New York Assembly - 22nd District (Flushing, Queens)
2004 election results:
Jimmy Meng (D)  70%
Meilin Tan (R)  20%
2006 election results:
Young: 78.9%
Migliaccio: 21.1%

Doris Ling-Cohan (D) - incumbent
New York State Supreme Court (trial court in Manhattan)
Elected Nov. 2002

Anil Singh (D) - incumbent
New York Civil Court Judge (Manhattan)
Elected Nov. 2002

Subodh Chandra (D)
Candidate for Ohio Attorney General
www.chandraforohio.org 
2006 Primary Results:
Subodh Chandra   28.8%
Marc Dann  71.2%

Jay Goyal (D)
Candidate for Ohio State Assembly - 73rd District (Richland)
Friends of Jay Goyal
Attn: Bridget McDaniel
810 Piper Rd
Mansfield, OH 44905
2006 Primary Results:
Jay Goyal  61%
Ellen Haring  39%
2006 election results:
Goyal: 63.3%
Holloway: 36.7%

John Lim (R) - incumbent
Oregon Legislature - District 50
Friends of John Lim
P.O. Box 1616
Gresham , OR 97030
2004 results: won with 51.3%  
2006 election results:
Lim: 62.9%
Selman-Ringer: 33.8%

Nikki Randhawa Haley (R) - incumbent
South Carolina Legislature - 87th district
2004 results: defeated incumbent in primary, no Democratic opponent
First Republican Indian American elected to a state legislature
first Asian American elected to South Carolina Legislature
2006 election results: unopposed

David Chew (D) - incumbent
Texas Court of Appeals - 8th District
El Paso, TX
Justice David Wellington Chew Reelection Campaign
P.O. Box 5255
El Paso , TX 79953-5255
915-274-5479
Unopposed in 2002 general election
Unopposed in 2006 general election

Peter Sakai (D)
Associate Judge of Bexar County Children's Court
Candidate for 225th District Court (Bexar County, Texas)
P.O. Box 15395
San Antonio, TX  78212
210-822-3353
http://www.petersakaiforjudge.com
2006 election results:
Sakai (D): 59.3%
Barnard (R): 40.7%

Livia Liu (R) - incumbent
Criminal District Court No. 7
Dallas County, Texas
Judge Livia Liu Campaign
P.O. Box 2481
Addison, Texas 75001
http://www.judgelivialiu.com 
2006 election results:
Liu (R): 46.2%
Snipes (D): 53.8%

Phillip Shinoda (D)
Candidate for Texas House of Representatives - District 114 (Dallas)
6/30/06: cash on hand: $35,522
opponent had $54,582
2006 election results:
Shinoda (D): 42.3%
Hartnett (R): 55.6%

Hubert Vo (D) - incumbent
Texas House of Representatives - District 149 (Houston)
http://www.hubertvo.com
2004 election results
Hubert Vo (D)  50.06%  (20584 votes)
Talmadge Heflin (R) incumbent  49.94% (20532 votes)
2006 will be a rematch
6/30/06: cash on hand: $16,144
opponent had $6,061
2006 election results:
Vo (D): 54.3%
Heflin (R): 45.7%

Martha Wong (R) - incumbent
Texas House of Representatives - District 134
15 Greenway, Unit 16F
Houston, Texas 77046
713- 963-0388
fax: 713- 963-0388
vote@marthawong.com
http://www.marthawong.com 
2002 election results:
Martha Wong (R)    52.3%
Debra Danburg (D)    46.8%
Nathaniel LaFleur (Lib)    1%
2004 election results
Martha Wong (R)    53.6%
Jim Dougherty (D)    44.4%
Monica Granger (Lib)   2.1%
6/30/06: cash on hand: $428,429
opponent had $215,938
2006 election results:
Wong (R): 43.3%
Cohen (D): 54.5%

M. Sue Kurita (D) -  incumbent
County Court at Law Judge, No. 6 
El Paso, TX
mskurit@aol.com
First Asian American female elected city wide in El Paso , Texas in 1989, 
then first elected county wide in 1998.   
Won primary 71%-29%
Unopposed in 2002 general election

Linda Yee Chew (D) - incumbent
Candidate for Family Court - 327th District Court
El Paso, TX
Founder of the Children's Justice Center and also works for Advocacy, Inc. 
Linda604@aol.com
Won primary 74%-26%
Unopposed in 2002 general election
Unopposed in 2006 general election

Curtis Oda (R)  -  incumbent
Utah Legislature - District 14 (Clearfield)
first Asian American elected to Utah Legislature
2004 election results: won with 80%
2006 election results:
Oda: 64.1%
Abel (D): 36.0%

Paul Shin (D) - incumbent
Washington Senate, District 21 (Lynnwood)  
412-B Legislative Building
P.O. Box 40421
Olympia, WA  98504-0421
(360) 786-7640
Fax: (360) 786-7524
shin_pa@leg.wa.gov
2002 Election results:
Paul Shin (D)    62%
Cheryl Potebnya (R)    38%
2006 election results: unopposed

Bob Hasegawa (D) -  incumbent
Washington House of Representatives, District 11 (Seattle)
2004 election results:
Bob Hasegawa (D)  66.3%
Ruth Gibbs (R)  33.7%
2006 election results:
Hasegawa: 72.3%
Potter: 27.7%

Tim Lee (R)
Candidate for Washington House of Representatives, 
 District 45 (Carnation, Duvall)
www.leeforhouse.com
2006 election results:
Lee: 41.0%
Springer: 59.0%

Sharon Tomiko Santos (D) (incumbent)
Washington House of Representatives, 
 District 37 (Rainier Valley, Madrona, North Beacon Hill)
P.O. Box 40600
Mod 1 Building - rm 109
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
360-786-7944
2004 election results:
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)  87.9%
Kwame Wyking Garrett (R)  12.1%
2006 election results: unopposed

Jon Amores (D) - incumbent
West Virginia House of Delegates - District 30
914 Chester Rd.
Charleston, WV 25302
304-343-1692
(Filipino)
First Elected: 1994
2004 election results: re-elected
2006 election results: re-elected