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2010
Election Results
Contests in 2010
Open seat!
Nikki Randhawa Haley (R)
Candidate for Governor of South Carolina
South Carolina Legislator - 87th district ( Lexington
County )
elected in 2004
www. nikkihaley.com
endorsed by first lady Jenny Sanford
Runoff results
Haley (R) 65%
Barrett (R) 35%
7/10/10: cash on hand: $182,745, Democratic opponent had $262,473
Freshman
Anh "Joseph" Cao (R) -
incumbent
U. S. House - Louisiana
District 2 (New Orleans)
First Vietnamese American elected to U.S. Congress
www. caoforcongress.com
2008 election results:
Cao: 50%
Jefferson: 47%
Primary: August 28, 2010
6/30/10 opensecrets.org:
$359,106 cash on
hand
Opponents
have $250,222 and $30,407
Freshman
Charles Kong Djou (R)
Open seat!
Charles Kong Djou (R)
U. S. House - Hawaii District 1
(Honolulu, southern
Oahu)
Honolulu City Council member
www.
djou.com
May special
election results:
Djou elected to House until November 2010
Djou (R): 39.4%
Hanabusa (D): 30.8%
Case: 27.6%
6/30/10
opensecrets.org:
Djou $379,046 cash on
hand
Hanabusa $216,956
Colleen Hanabusa (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Hawaii District 1
(Honolulu, southern
Oahu)
Hawaii Senate President
www. hanabusa2010.com
Primary:
September 18, 2010
6/30/10
opensecrets.org:
Djou $379,046
cash on
hand
Hanabusa $216,956
Open seat!
Raj
Goyle (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Kansas
District 4 (Wichita, south central Kansas)
Kansas State Representative
www. rajforkansas.com
Primary: August 3, 2010
6/30/10
opensecrets.org: $891,551 cash
on hand,
Republican
opponents have
$444,515,
$179,291,
Open seat!
Mr. Ravi Sangisetty (D)
Candidate
for U. S. House - Louisiana
District 3
(Houma, Chalmette, Gonzales, New
Iberia)
www. raviforcongress.com
Primary: August 28, 2010
6/30/10
opensecrets.org: $283,226 cash on hand,
Republican opponents have $378,803, $244,618, $73,175, and $19,987
Open seat!
Duke Aiona (R)
Candidate for Governor of Hawaii
Lieutenant Governor
www.
dukeaiona.com
Primary: September 18, 2010
12/31/09
Aiona: $865,997 cash on hand
Hannemann (D) $2,029,658
Abercrombie (D): $769,761
Open seat!
Joe Fernandez (D)
Candidate for Attorney General of Rhode Island
Primary: September 14, 2010
www. joefernandezforag.com
(Filipino)
3/31/10: cash on hand:
Fernandez (D):
$230,772
Kilmartin (D):
Open seat!
Manan Trivedi, M.D. (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Pennsylvania
District 6
(Exton, Wyomissing, Trappe)
Physician
www. trivediforcongress.com
6/30/10
opensecrets.org: $328,971 cash on hand,
opponent $541,469
Bera has more cash on hand than incumbent!
Dr. Amerish ‘Ami’ Bera (D)
Candidate for U.S. House -
California District 3 (Sacramento, Folsom)
www.
beraforcongress.com
Primary:
no opponent
40,214 voted in Democratic primary (uncontested)
58,550 voted in Republican primary (uncontested)
6/30/10
opensecrets.org: $1,140,083
cash on hand,
incumbent opponent $802,367
Van Tran (R)
Candidate for U.S. House -
California District 47 (Orange County)
currently California Assembly - District 68 (Costa Mesa)
www. joinvantran.com
Primary results:
Van Tran (R) 50.1%
Katherine H. Smith (R) 29.0%
Tan Nguyen (R) 20.9%
14,832
voted in Republican primary (contested)
12,862 voted in Democratic primary (uncontested)
6/30/10
opensecrets.org: $287,551
cash on
hand,
Democratic incumbent has $1,267,685
Members of Senate Judiciary Committee who blocked
Asian American nominees to judgeships
Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
5/19/10 opensecrets.org:
Grassley: $5,586,688
cash on hand
Roxanne Conlin (D) $870,643
State Contests
Freshman
Scott Kawasaki (D) -
incumbent
Alaska House of Representatives - District 9 (Fairbanks)
http://house.legis.state.ak.us/kaw.php
www. scottforalaska.com
elected 2006
2008 election results:
Kawasaki: 51%
Hull: 49%
Freshman
Ms. Swati Dandekar (D) - incumbent
Iowa Senate – District 18
www.swatidandekar.com
2008 election results:
Dandekar: 54%
Childers: 46%
Dandekar was a former Iowa State House Representative - District 36
Freshman
Angie Chen Button (R) - incumbent
Texas
House of
Representatives - District 112
(Garland and Richardson, Dallas suburbs)
www. angiebutton.com
2008 election results:
Angie Chen Button (R) 56%
Sandra Phuong Vule (D) 40%
Philip M. White (Lib)
4%
Open
seat!
Richard Pan, MD (D)
Candidate for California Assembly - District 5
(Sacramento, Placer)
https:// panforassemby.com
Primary results:
Richard Pan 44.0%
Larry Miles 26.1%
Matt Gray 19.5%
James C. Shelby 10.4%
28,662 voted in Democratic primary
34,612 voted in Republican
primary
Open seat!
Mr. Sunder Ramani (R)
Candidate for California Assembly - District 43
(Los Angeles)
http://
ramaniforassembly.com
Primary: unopposed
19,724 voted in D primary (contested)
12,998 voted in R primary (uncontested)
Contests in 2012
Doug Lang
Judge, 5th Court of Appeals
Dallas, TX
(former partner at Gardere & Wynne, which has one of worst records of hiring
Asian American attorneys in the country)
Election considered close if won with less than 55% of vote
Also see Asian-American
Candidates page.