Jun. 27, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan U.S Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sailed into a fourth term to represent New York’s 14th Congressional District with an overwhelming majority of the vote. The landslide victory was against Marty Dolan, an investment banker who ran on a more moderate platform that urged voters to turn their backs on the…
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Jun. 26, 2024 By Athena Dawson Assemblymember Ron Kim, who represents the 40th Assembly District in Flushing, won the Democratic primary Tuesday, beating challenger Yi Andy Chen by about 14 points. Kim, who generated 54% of the vote, will now go on to face Republican challenger Philip Wang in November’s general election in what could…
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Jun. 27, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Polls are officially closed on Election Day in Queens and early returns are starting to trickle in for the local primary races. Voters had the opportunity to cast their ballots on Tuesday, June 27, for Queens district attorney, civil court county judge and city council races. Among the few…
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Jun. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry
Retired state Supreme Court Judge George Grasso was in Flushing on June 15 where he received endorsements in his campaign for Queens district attorney from two Asian-American political advocacy organizations just two days before the start of early voting for the June 27 Democratic primary election.
Apr. 19, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Asian Pacific Americans Voting & Organizing to Increase Civic Engagement (APA VOICE), a non-partisan coalition of community-based organizations that serve Asian-American communities in New York, recently announced the launch of its 2023 Civic Engagement Coalition. Sixteen member organizations will prepare and lead a comprehensive ‘Get Out the Vote’ programming…
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