This year, New York City could elect its first Korean American to public office: Three Korean Americans To Run For City Office This Year. New York has a population of 132,000 Korean Americans, yet none have ever been elected to the New York City Council, the State Legislature or any statewide office.
But now that Councilman John C. Liu, who represents Flushing, Queens, is running for city comptroller, a number of Korean Americans have announced their intentions to run for the empty seat: Korean New Yorkers Hope for Council Seat in Queens, Their First.
But the field is crowded, and multiple Korean American candidates could edge one another other out -- a victory is far from guaranteed. Still, it should make it a very interesting race, and perhaps at the very least, it means we'll see more Korean Americans register to vote for this election.
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