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Federal Contests

U.S. House - California District 42 
(Rowland Heights, Chino , Mission Viejo )
Gary G. Miller (R)   60%
Edwin "Ed" Chau (D)   40%         

U.S. House - California District 13 (Alameda , Fremont, Hayward)
Fortney Pete Stark (D)   76%
Raymond Chui (R)  24%

U.S. House - California District 15 (San Jose)
Mike Honda (D) - incumbent
  72%
Joyce Stoer Cordi (R)  24%
Peter Myers (Grn)  5%

U.S. House - California District 5 (Sacramento)
Doris Matsui (D) - incumbent
  75%        

Paul Smith (R)  21% 
Linda Roberts (P&F)  5%

U.S. House - California District 27 
(Northridge, Sherman Oaks)
Brad Sherman (D) - incumbent  69%         
Navraj Singh (R)  25%      
Tim Denton (Lib)  7%          

U.S. House - Colorado District 6 
(Littleton, Centennial, Aurora)

Mike Coffman (R)  60%
 
Hank Eng (D)  40%

U. S. House - Hawaii District 2 
(rural Oahu-neighbor islands)
Mazie Hirono (D) – incumbent  76%

Roger Evans (R)  20%

U. S. House - Louisiana District 2 ( New Orleans )
Anh "Joseph" Cao (R)  50%
William Jefferson (D)  47%
First Vietnamese American elected to U.S. Congress


U.S. House - Minnesota District 3 
(Minneapolis suburbs)

Erik Paulsen (R)        49%
Ashwin Madia (D)   41%
David Dillon (INP)     11%  

U.S. House - Ohio District 7 (Beavercreek)
Steve Austria (R) (Filipino)  58%
Sharen Neuhardt (D) 42%
Austria was state senator

U.S. House - Oregon District 1 (Portland)
David Wu (D) – incumbent 72%   
Joel Haugen (Independent)  18%   
Scott Semrau (Constitution)  4%  


State Contests

(California candidates listed by district)


Alaska House of Representatives - District 9 (Fairbanks)
Scott Kawasaki (D) – incumbent  51%
Sue Hull (R)  49%

California Senate – District 21 ( Altadena )
Carol Liu (D)  67%    

Teddy Choi (R)
  25%          
Steve Myers (Lib)  8%          

California Assembly - District 2 
(Cottonwood, Esparto, Live Oak, Yuba City)
Jim Nielsen (R)  65%           
Paul R. Singh (D)  35%

California Assembly – District 12 (San Francisco)
Fiona Ma (D) – incumbent  83%
Conchita Applegate (R)  17%

California Assembly - District 18 (Oakland, Alameda County)
Mary Hayashi (D) – incumbent  77%     
Lou Filipovich (R)  23%       

California Assembly, District 20 
(Fremont, Union City, Newark, Milpitas and parts of 
San Jose, Hayward, Pleasanton and Castro Valley)
Alberto Torrico (D) – incumbent  72%   
Jeffrey Wald (R)  28%

California Assembly - District 22 
(Cupertino, Mountain View, Sunnyvale)
Paul Fong (D)  76%
Brent T. Oya (R)  24%         

California
Assembly - District 31 (Fresno , Tulare)
Juan Arambula (D) – incumbent
  69%  
Clifford Archer (R)  31%

California Assembly - District 49 (Alhambra , Monterey Park ,  Rosemead , San Gabriel in Los Angeles County)
Mike Eng (D) – incumbent  67%  
Esthela G. Torres Siegrist (R)  33%

California
Assembly - District 53 (Venice, Torrance)
Ted W. Lieu (D) - incumbent  67%
Thomas H. Vidal (R)  33%  

California
Assembly - District 55 (Long Beach)
Warren Furutani (D) – incumbent  71%
Edwin R. Williams (R)  29%

California Assembly - District 68 (Costa Mesa)
Van Tran (R) – incumbent  54%
Ken Arnold (D)  46%

California Assembly - District 75 (San Diego )
Nathan Fletcher (R)   52%    
Darren Kasai (D)   42%      
John Murphy (Lib)   6.0%    

Connecticut House of Representatives - 
District 147 (Westover, North Stamford, New Canaan )
William Tong (D) -
incumbent
U
nopposed

Idaho State Legislature, District 17-B (Boise)
Sue Chew (D) - incumbent  65%
Daniel A. Loughrey (R)  35%

Illinois State House, District 65 (Des Plaines)
Rosemary Mulligan (R) – incumbent  55%
Aurora Austriaco (D)  45%

Iowa Senate – District 18
Ms. Swati Dandekar (D)  54%
Joe Childers (R)  46%
Dandekar was a former Iowa State House Representative - District 36

Kansas State House - District 87 (Wichita)
Raj Goyle (D) – incumbent  71%
Fred Pinnaire (R)  29%


Minnesota House of Representatives - District 65A
Mr. Cy Thao (D) – incumbent  80%
Paul Holmgren (R)  20%     

Nevada Assemby District 40 ( Carson City )
Bonnie Parnell (D)  48%
Cheryl Lau (R)  46%

New Hampshire House of Representatives - 
District 9 (Hillsborough County) 
Winners
James W. Craig (D)  21%
Robert B. Thompson (D)  17.3%

Saghir "Saggy" A. Tahir (R) – incumbent
  17.0%

New York Assembly - 22nd District (Flushing, Queens)
Grace Meng (D)
unopposed

Ohio State Assembly - 73rd District (Richland )
Jay Goyal (D) - incumbent  64%
David Nitzsche (R)  36%

Oregon State Senate – District 25 (Multnomah County)
Laurie Monnes Anderson (D)  58%
Dave Kim (R)  41%

Oregon Legislature - District 50 (Gresham , OR)
Greg Matthews (D)  55%
John Lim (R)
– incumbent  44%

South Carolina Legislature - 87th district 
(Lexington County)
Nikki Randhawa Haley (R) - incumbent  83%
Edgar Gomez (D)  17%

Texas House of Representatives - District 112 
(Garland and Richardson , Dallas suburbs)
Angie Chen Button (R)  56%

Sandra Phuong Vule (D)
  40%
Philip M. White (Lib)  4%

Texas House of Representatives - District 126 (Houston)
Patricia Harless - Incumbent (R)  59%
Chad Khan (D)  38%
Oscar J. Palma, Jr. (Lib)  2%

Texas House of Representatives - District 149 ( Houston)
Hubert Vo (D) – incumbent   56%
Greg Meyers (R)  44%

Justice, Texas 5th Court of Appeals District, Place 3 (Dallas)
Don B. Chae (D)
  55%
Mary Murphy (R)  45%

Justice, Texas 5th Court of Appeals District, Place 8 (Dallas)
Tina Yoo (D)
  56%
Kerry Fitzgerald - Incumbent (R)  44%

Utah Legislature - District 14 (Clearfield)
Curtis Oda (R) – incumbent  64%
Marcie West (D)  36%

Washington House of Representatives, District 11 (Seattle)
Bob Hasegawa (D) -  incumbent  74%
John Potter (R)  26%

Washington House of Representative, 
District 33, position 2 (King County)
Dave Upthegrove (D)  70%

Mr. Tan Lam (R)
  30%

Washington House of Representatives, District 37, 
position 1 (Rainier Valley, Madrona, North Beacon Hill )
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D) (incumbent)
unopposed

 

Quoc Van (D)
Candidate for U.S. House
Florida - District 8 (Orlando, Conway, Ocoee, Eustis)
Law school student
http://vanforcongress.com
2008 primary: 4%


Jimmy Lee (R)
Candidate for U.S. House
Illinois - District 11 
(Bloomington, Joliet, Kankakee, Ottawa)

Executive Director of the White House Initiative for 
Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.
www.leeforcongress2008.com
Primary results:
Lee 17% 
Baldermann 62% 
Heenan 21% 
2/22/08 Chicago Herald News: Less than three weeks after getting the Republican nomination for the 11th U.S. House District, New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann will withdraw from the race.

Lih Young (D)
Candidate for U.S. House
Maryland - District 8
P.O. Box 10286
Rockville, MD 20849
lyoung2K at yahoo.com

2008 primary: 4%

Amit K. Singh (R)
Candidate for U.S. House
Virginia – District 8 
(Alexandria City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Falls Church City)
Businessman, Electrical Engineer & Ron Paul Campaign Activist
www.amit08.com
Primary results:
Singh 44%
Ellmore 56%

Wilma Chan (D)
Candidate for California Senate - District 9
(Oakland , Berkeley)
former member of California Assembly
www.wilmachan.org 
Primary results:
Chan  43%
Hancock  57%

Andrew Shaw
Candidate for Mayor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
www.shawformayor.com
Election results:
Shaw  21%
Barrett  79%