Friday, November 9, 2018

2 Immigrants Become First Asian-Americans Elected To New York State Senate

 
Taiwanese-American John Liu and Indian American Kevin Thomas will serve in the state senate. 


The New York State Senate finally has some Asian-American representation. 

Democrat John Liu, who was born in Taiwan, won the District 11 state Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating three other challengers. Indian-American attorney Kevin Thomas, who immigrated to the U.S. when he was 10 years old, beat out Republican incumbent Kemp Hannon for the state’s District 6 Senate seat. 

The wins are historic, as the pair are the very first Asian-Americans elected to New York’s state senate. 

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Source: The Huffington Post

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