Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago

Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago State Democrat PAC elect Asian Americans and non-AAPI with high AAPI district. Engage AAPIs in electoral politics & grassroots efforts on AAPI issues.

It is AAAF-GC’s goal to elect Asian American candidates for state and local positions in the Greater Chicago area, including non-Asian Americans committed to Asian American issues and serving constituencies with a fairly large number of Asian American in their respective districts. In Illinois, Asian Americans comprise approximately six percent of the total population. Although there have been Asi

an Americans in elected office on the local level in several cities surrounding the Chicago, the first Asian American to the Chicago office at Chicago City Council was elected in 2011. However, Illinois still has no Asian American elected officials at the State or County level of government. It is AAAFGC’s goal to change this in the years ahead, and has low participation at all levels of political process in the context of government, policy, campaigns, and more.

Asian American politicians: Trump turning the nation into a 'cauldron of intolerance'
02/05/2017

Asian American politicians: Trump turning the nation into a 'cauldron of intolerance'

Update on 'Essential Politics: State Senate committee moves to assist immigrants, what California's members of Congress are saying abou...

Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago supports Rep. Theresa Mah in her efforts to give voice to the people and d...
01/09/2017

Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago supports Rep. Theresa Mah in her efforts to give voice to the people and diverse communities she represents!

Theresa Mah, 48, was born in San Francisco’s Chinatown and grew up helping her dad his corner store, across from an all-black housing project.

10/28/2016

“I forgot your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington," Kirk said.

Chicago supporters in District 2 vote AAAFGC endorsed Asian American candidates Theresa Mah and Josina Morita, and AAAF...
10/26/2016

Chicago supporters in District 2 vote AAAFGC endorsed Asian American candidates Theresa Mah and Josina Morita, and AAAF national endorsed Hillary Clinton and Tammy Duckworth! Don't forget to vote Democrat with Clinton, Duckworth, Mah, Mendoza, Foxx, and Morita!

Cook County residents, vote early and vote Josina Morita for MWRD AAAFGC endorsed candidate!
10/26/2016

Cook County residents, vote early and vote Josina Morita for MWRD AAAFGC endorsed candidate!

Josina Morita tells why she should be a commissioner on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board.

Asian American Action Fund national supports Raja for Congress! Early voting is now underway in Illinois. Vote early an...
10/26/2016

Asian American Action Fund national supports Raja for Congress! Early voting is now underway in Illinois. Vote early and avoid the lines!

President Barack Obama endorsed Raja for Congress earlier this year, and now he has a message for residents of the Eighth Congressional District: go vote! "H...

10/14/2016

On Jan. 3, 2013, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk stomped his right foot on a sandstone step of the U.S. Capitol. To hearty applause and the flutter of cameras, Kirk leaned on Vice President Joe Biden and Kirk's best friend, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and made his way up the steps. It was his comeback mo...

10/13/2016

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10/11/2016

Same-day voter registration will be allowed in Illinois in the general election because an appeals court ruled Friday that a challenge to the law won't be resolved until after Nov. 8.

10/07/2016

The figures suggest that their political allegiances may be hardening in a way that could harm Republicans with the fastest-growing minority group well beyond 2016.

09/02/2016

That’s 43-year-old Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Democratic Party candidate for the 8th district of Illinois, who mulled over that distinction in a conversation, "It’s humbling, I think the Congress will increasingly look like America and reflect the diversity of America and I will hopefully be one part…

08/15/2016

Theresa Mah, supported by Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago and interviewed by the DNC at 2016 convention.

As part of our coverage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the Asian American Action Fund blog team sat down with many prominent elected officials and people in the AAPI political community. We’ll be sharing their stories over the coming days. In this first interview, Anthon...

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