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By: Vietnamese refugee elected to US Congress - Andrew Bartlett

Vietnamese refugee elected to US Congress - Andrew Bartlett — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:21:13 +0000

...] the first Vietnamese-American in US Congress, rounding off an election which delivered a few other results demonstrating the racial and cultural diversity of the USA. Despite being a Republican, his [...

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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:49:13 +0000

...] USA election: some Muslims were elected – Andrew Bartlett USA election: some Muslims were elected. November 10, 2008 – 10:30 am , by Andrew Bartlett. Back in August, I noted Ms Rashida Tlaib, a Muslim woman of Palistinian descent, had just won the primary contest to be the Democratic nominee … [...

By: Andrew Bartlett

Andrew Bartlett — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:02:55 +0000

Yes, but they still call them Senates and Senators as I understand it. I presume that means Liu is the first Asian-American woman elected to a Senate even at a state level (which is a bit surprising to me, but I'm just providing the quote). Rashida Tlaib's election was also only to a state legislature too. I think it's still worth noting though, especially given the dreadful desparate anti-Palestinian slurs from the Republicans in the final days of the campaign.

By: Ben Raue

Ben Raue — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:42:35 +0000

Um, Liu was elected to the California State Senate. Still no Asian-American women in the Senate, although both Hawaiian senators are Asian-American men.