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“We have other AAPI and women of color candidates and people who should also be advancing, and so we have to continue to build that pipeline,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the first South Asian American woman elected to the House, said.

Unless you’ve been living under a (really, really large) rock, you know that Kamala Harris is the vice president-elect—and has shattered a lot of glass ceilings. Come January, she’ll be the first woman and first daughter of immigrants and first woman of color to hold the role of VP. And different people point out different … Read more

Critics say the NBC News Exit Poll is useful in tracking changes in the Asian American electorate over time but that it should be looked at with caution.

“Now it becomes a question of who else does she open doors for,” said Andra Gillespie, an associate professor of political science at Emory University.

Strickland, who was born in Seoul, will be the first Korean American Congresswoman and the first Black Congress member from Washington.

A snapshot of Asian voters in New York City on Election Day shows an overwhelming preference for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as well as high rates of first-time voters coming to the polls Tuesday, according to preliminary exit poll data from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund.