Despite the election loss of Vice President Kamala Harris — who would’ve been the first Asian American president of the United States — numerous AAPI candidates have won seats in the Senate and House of Representatives for the 119th Congress. Results for some races have yet to be called at this time.
Senate
Andy Kim, who currently represents New Jersey’s 3rd district in the House of Representatives, has made history as the first Korean American senator. As a Democrat, he will represent The Garden State in the Senate.
Democrat Mazie Hirono has been reelected to represent Hawai’i in the Senate. The Japanese American senator has held the seat since 2013.
House of Representatives
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ): Ansari has been elected to represent the 3rd district of Arizona. She will be the first Iranian-Democrat to serve in Congress.
- Ami Bera (D-CA): Bera has been reelected to California’s 6th district. The Indian American incumbent has served in the House since 2013.
- Doris Matsui (D-CA): Incumbent Doris Matsui will serve her 10th consecutive term in the House of Representatives. The Japanese American will represent the 7th district of California.
- Ro Khanna (D-CA): Khanna will represent the 17th district of California for another term. The Indian American has held the seat since 2017.
- Vince Fong (R-CA): Fong will serve a full term in representing the 20th district in California. The Chinese American incumbent took over after Kevin McCarthy resigned.
- Judy Chu (D-CA): Chu has won her reelection to California’s 28th district. The Chinese American representative has served in the House since 2009.
- Ted Lieu (D-CA): Lieu will represent the 36th district of California for a second term. The Taiwanese American incumbent previously served the Golden State’s 33rd district until 2023.
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI): Chu has won her reelection to the House, where the incumbent represents Hawai’i’s 2nd district. The Japanese American first ran and won in 2022.
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL): Krishnamoorthi has won another term representing the 8th district in Illinois. The representative, born in India, has held the seat since 2017.
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI): Tlaib will represent Michigan’s 12th district for a consecutive fourth term. She is the first Palestinian American and one of two Muslim women to serve in Congress.
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI): Thanedar has won his reelection to serve the 13th district of Michigan. The Indian American incumbent has held his seat since 2023.
- Grace Meng (D-NY): The incumbent of New York’s 6th district has been reelected for a seventh term. Meng is of Chinese and Taiwanese descent.
- Stephanie Bice (R-OK): The incumbent has won her third reelection in representing the 5th congressional district of Oklahoma. Bice is the first Iranian American Congress member.
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA): The Indian American newcomer will succeed Jennifer Wexton in representing Virginia’s 10th district. Subramanyam was endorsed by his predecessor.
- Bobby Scott (D-VA): The incumbent has represented Virginia’s Third district since 1992. He is Filipino on his mother’s side.
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA): The Indian American incumbent has been reelected to represent the 7th district of Washington. Jayapal has held the position since 2017.
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA): The incumbent has won her third reelection to represent Washington’s 10th district. Strickland is of African American and Korean heritage.
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