Asian Americans at the Democratic National Convention (DNC)

Lots of APAs at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). There was even an APIA Vote gala event at the Marriott City Center downtown, which featured a bunch of politicians including California Representative Mike Honda, Oregon Representative David Wu, former Secretary of Transportation Norm Mineta and others. They were introduced by emcees actress Tamlyn Tomita and former CNN news anchor Joie Chen.



Here's a sampling of other APAs spotted around the Democratic National Convention :
Norm Mineta - former Secretary of Transportation
Mike Honda - California Representative
David Wu - Oregon Representative
Mee Moua - Minnesota State Senator. She is the first Hmong American lawmaker.
Jun Choi - Edison, NJ mayor
John Chiang - California State Controller
Sam Yoon - Boston City Councilman
Jay Goyal - Ohio State Representative
Ted Lieu - California State Assembly
Mazie Hirono - Hawaii Congresswoman Doris Matsui - California State Representative
Ashwin Madia - running for US Congress in Minnesota
Tammy Duckworth - Director of the Illinois Dept. of Veterans Affairs. She is a HAPA Thai American and ran for Congress in 2006.

Testimonies of other APAs backing Barack Obama can be found here.

Lawyer and Survivor: Cook Islands winner Yul Kwon (see him at the 1:05 mark)


More Yul Kwon


Actress and activist Tamlyn Tomita representing APIA Vote Part 1


Actress and activist Tamlyn Tomita representing APIA Vote Part 2


California State Controller John Chiang - the guy that is helping the CA state employees by keeping the paychecks going out even though California has no budget approved.