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Senator Mazie Hirono, painted by Melanie Humble.
As part of a series of interviews with Asian American leaders for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, The Washington Post spoke with Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono about her new memoir “Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story” and her perspectives on race and politics read the transcript here:
Virginia GOP begins counting votes to decide nominee for lieutenant governor
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Field narrowing in Virginia GOP lieutenant governor nominee race which includes Indian American candidate
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Virginia Del. Jason Miyares wins Republican nomination for state attorney general Laura Vozzella, Justin Jouvenal RICHMOND A state legislator and son of a Cuban immigrant running on a tough-on-crime platform won the Republican nomination for Virginia attorney general Sunday, in the first results of the statewide convention that will also decide the nominee for governor. Virginia Del. Jason S. Miyares (R-Virginia Beach) bested three other candidates in the “unassembled” convention, in which about 30,000 Republicans cast ranked-choice ballots at 39 locations across the state on Saturday. In November, he will face the winner of the Democrats’ June 8 primary. Attorney General Mark Herring (D), seeking a third term, faces a challenge for the nomination from Del. Jay Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones (D-Norfolk).
As convention ends, Virginia Republicans wait for governor nominee to emerge Laura Vozzella, Antonio Olivo, Gregory S. Schneider © Bill O leary/AP Ballots are distributed to drivers during the Virginia GOP drive-thru primary to select candidates for the 2021 general election, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Annandale, Va. (Bill O Leary/The Washington Post via AP)
RICHMOND A Republican Party desperate to reverse its fortunes in a state it hasn t won for more than a decade turns its eyes Sunday to a hotel ballroom, where vote-counters will tally thousands of paper ballots over and over again by hand to come up with the party s nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.