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 [...]
Tag Archives: Indian-Americans
Asian Candidates Vie for State, Congressional Seats
October 20, 2008 – 7:00 pm
La. Gov Bobby Jindal to Speak at GOP Convention Tonight
September 3, 2008 – 2:56 pm
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, the first Indian-American governor of a U.S. state, will speak at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. tonight. The 37-year-old first-generation American is a rising star in the Republican party, and at one point there was even talk of a V.P. spot. But with Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, the [...]
Direction Sugar Land
June 20, 2008 – 1:04 pm
The Congressional seat in the 22nd District of Texas has been much in the news in recent years. Former Republican Majority House Leader Tom DeLay held it for 11 years, until his indictment in 2006 (for campaign finance violations) triggered a bizarre chain of events, that included a general election with a Republican write-in candidate [...]
American Sikhs Seek Presidential Favorite…and Find Clinton
June 5, 2008 – 11:34 am
For a recent multimedia project called “I Am New York” for NYCInteractive.org, I profiled one immigrant politician, Harjinder Singh Duggal, who is one of the many Sikhs who supports Sen. Hillary Clinton in her now-failed run for the Democratic presidential nomination. And he is just not ready to throw his support for Obama. Yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IWQyDQJj8E
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