Texas House candidate Sandra VuLe (campaign photo).

The Dallas Morning News reports on a local race where the changing faces of America are facing off against each other. In Texas’ 112th state house district, Taiwanese-American Republican Angie Chen Button is running against Democrat Sandra Phuong VuLe, who was born in Vietnam. Both naturalized citizen advocate for border security, with Button using familiar conservative phrases like, “learn English, pay taxes, embrace our culture and pledge allegiance to the flag.” Also running is Ukrainian-born Philip White, a 22-year-old student who is running on the Libertarian ticket.

The district, just outside Dallas, is home to a diverse array of immigrants:

The area reflects immigration’s sweep. There’s Chinese and Korean lettering on churches, Vietnamese noodle houses, taqueriás, and Middle Eastern eateries offering hookah pipes with the falafel.

In Minnesota, the 30-year-old son of Indian immigrants is doing well in a race for Congress, one of many Democrats buoyed by the economic crisis. Ashwin Madia, a veteran of the war in Iraq, is slightly ahead in Minnesota’s 3rd district, has received millions of dollars in help from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. His district, a suburb of the Twin Cities, has a significant Indian population, and Madia has received financial support from Indian-Americans across the county. If elected, he would be the only Indian-American in Congress.