Open seat
William Tong (D)
Candidate for U.S. Senate - Connecticut  
State Representative
williamtong.com
Primary: August 14, 2012

Open seat
Mazie Hirono (D)
Candidate for U.S. Senate
U. S. House - Hawaii District 2 (rural Oahu-neighbor islands)
mazieforhawaii.com

Won with less than 55% of vote
Colleen Hanabusa (D) - freshman
U. S. House - Hawaii District 1 (Honolulu, southern Oahu)
Hawaii Senate President
hanabusa2010.com
2010 election results:
Hanabusa (D): 53%
Djou (R): 47%

Charles K. Djou (R)
candidate U. S. House - Hawaii District 1  (Honolulu, southern Oahu)
Member of Congress, 2010-2011 Hawai‘i, District 1
former member, Honolulu City Council
former Hawaii House of Representatives

Open seat
Mr. Muliufi Francis “Mufi” Hanneman (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Hawaii District 2 
(rural and most suburban areas of Honolulu, rest of Hawaii)
former mayor of Honolulu
mufihannemann.org
Primary: August 11, 2012

Open seat
Ms. Tulsi Gabbard (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Hawaii District 2 
(rural and most suburban areas of Honolulu, rest of Hawaii)
member - Honolulu City Council
former Hawai`i State Legislator (District 42 in West Oahu)
votetulsi.com
Primary: August 11, 2012

Open seat
Esther Kia’aina (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Hawaii District 2 
(rural and most suburban areas of Honolulu, rest of Hawaii)
Chief Advocate for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
kiaaina.com
Primary: August 11, 2012

New district
Tammy Duckworth (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Illinois - District 8 (Chicago suburbs)
former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Veteran’s Administration 
tammyduckworth.com
Primary: March 20, 2012

New district
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Illinois - District 8 (Chicago suburbs)
former Deputy Illinois Treasurer
rajaforcongress.com

New incumbent
Hansen Clarke (D)
U. S. House - Michigan District 13 (Detroit)
hansenclarkeforcongress.com
2010 election results:
Clarke (D) 79%
Hauler (R)  18%
(father Bangladeshi-American, mother African-American)

Open seat
Steve Nguyen (R)
Candidate for U. S. House - Texas District 115 (Irving ( Dallas County))
Optometrist
stevefortexas.com

Open seat
Steve Hobbs (D)
Candidate for U. S. House - Washington District 1 (northwest Seattle and suburbs)
Washington state senator
hobbsforcongress.com
Primary: August 7, 2012

Open seat
Mr. Darshan Rauniyar (D) 
Candidate for U. S. House - Washington District 1 (northwest Seattle and suburbs)
Small business owner
darshanforcongress.com
Primary: August 7, 2012



State Contests

(California candidates listed by district)

Won with less than 55% of vote
Scott Kawasaki (D) - incumbent
Alaska House of Representatives - District 9 (Fairbanks)
scottforalaska.com
elected 2006
2008 election results:
Kawasaki: 51%
Hull: 49%
2010 election results:
Kawasaki (D) 54%
Michel (R) 46%

New incumbent
Kimberly Yee.(R)
Arizona House of Representatives - District 10 (Phoenix)
kimberlyyee.com
(top 2 are elected)
2010 election results:
Yee (R) 30% 
Weiers (R) 28%
Thrasher (D) 23%
Jahneke (D) 19%

New incumbent
Richard Pan, MD (D)
California Assembly - District 5  (Sacramento, Placer)
panforassembly.com
Primary results:
Richard Pan 44.0%
Larry Miles 26.1%
Matt Gray 19.5%
James C. Shelby 10.4%
2010 election results:
Pan (D) 49%
Pugno (R) 46%

Open seat
Edwin Chau (D)
candidate for California Assembly - District 49 ( San Gabriel Valley)
Montebello School Board member
edchau.com

Open seat
John Tran (D)
candidate for California Assembly - District 49 ( San Gabriel Valley)
El Monte Union High School District board member
tran4assembly.com

New incumbent
Dr. Prasad Srinivasan (R)
Connecticut Assembly - District 31 (Glastonbury)
2010 election results:
Prasad Srinivasan (R) 56%
Thomas Kehoe (D) 44%

Won with less than 55% of vote
Ms. Swati Dandekar (D) - incumbent
Iowa Senate – District 18
swatidandekar.com
2008 election results:
Dandekar: 54%
Childers: 46%
Dandekar is a former Iowa State House Representative - District 36
1/19/10: Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board: cash on hand: $72,629;  
one Republican opponent (Childers) reported $0.01 and the other (Sibert) did not file finance report

New incumbent
Tackey Chan (D)
Massachusetts House of Representatives (Second Norfolk District) Quincy, MA
tackeychan.com
2010 election results:
Chan (D) 52%
Iredale (R) 32%
Roos (I) 16%

New incumbent
Donald Wong (R)
Massachusetts House of Representatives (Ninth Essex District)
Saugus, MA
electdonaldhwong.com
2010 election results:
Wong (R) 51%
Falzone (D) 49%

Won with less than 55% of vote
Jay Goyal (D) - incumbent
Ohio State Assembly - 73rd District ( Richland )
jaygoyal.com
2006: won with 63.3%
2008: 64%
2010 election results:
Goyal (D) 54%
Nitzsche (R) 46% 

Won with less than 55% of vote
Hubert Vo (D) - incumbent
Texas House of Representatives - District 149 (Houston)
hubertvo.com
2004: won with 50.06%
2006: 54.3%
2008: 56%
2010 election results:
Vo (D) 52%
O'Connor (R) 48%

Won with less than 55% of vote
Kesha Ram (D) -  incumbent
Vermont House of Representatives. 
District Chittenden 3-4 (Burlington’s Hill Section, University, and Old North End)
kesharam.org
(Indian-American, first elected in 2008, youngest  legislator in the nation at age 23)
2010 election results:
Kam: 41%
Pearson: 31%

New incumbent
Cindy Ryu (D)
Washington House of Representatives, District 32, position 1 (Seattle area)
Shoreline
http:// cindyryu.org
Primary results:
Ryu 68%
McConnell 32%
2010 election results:
Ryu (D) 61%
Coday (R) 39%



Also see Asian-American Candidates page.