WASHINGTON â Andy Kim remembers the warnings from political professionals when he first considered running for Congress in South Jersey: There was no way an Asian American could win.
âThey just told me flat out, âNo. No chance,ââ Kim, a Democrat, recalled this month. âAnd that really hurt, because the district I represent is where I went to kindergarten, where my oldest son is going to kindergarten right now. Itâs our home. And to tell me that people in my own home are going to see me as âthe otherâ and not see that Iâm a neighbor? ⦠Iâm glad I proved them wrong. Twice.â
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