primary elections

KALIHI, HI — City councilman Joey Manahan is completing his final term, and will be giving up his seat in the upcoming election. However, his own chief of staff — fellow Filipino-American Radiant Cordero — is...

After the Iowa caucuses debacle last week, Democratic presidential candidates are even more determined to score a victory without any hitch in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. And the pressure of the race was on...

Today, voters will be choosing their nominee for governor for the state of New York. Actress and activist Cynthia Nixon is challenging incumbent Democratic governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, who is running for his third re-election...

PENSACOLA, FL — Filipino-American candidate Jennifer Mijares-Zimmerman won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House of Representatives in Florida’s 1st congressional district. With more than 60% of the vote, Mijares-Zimmerman, also known as “Doctor Z,” beat Democratic primary...

Tuesday’s primary elections in Florida were heated — it’s unclear if the issue of gun control will influence how Floridians will vote....Read More

by Kathleen Lee, ABS-CBN News HONOLULU — A number of Fil-Am candidates in Hawaii are gearing up for round two of elections in November, after advancing from the primaries on August 11. Leading the pack of victorious kababayans...

by Kathleen Lee, ABS-CBN News *Correction: This piece was originally posted with an inaccurate headline that read “No Filipino candidate winners in Hawaii primary election results”. We have corrected the headline to align with the content of...

NEW JERSEY — Democratic US Senator Bob Menendez, who is now free of federal corruption charges, won his renomination in the Democratic senatorial primary Tuesday. Menendez received more than 62 percent of votes, while his Democratic challenger...

Today, California voters are being asked to weigh in on a small menu of five propositions— all written by the state legislature. Here is the breakdown of each proposition voters will say yes or no to....Read More

SAN MATEO, CA — Fil-Am Republican candidate for the House of Representatives, Cristina Osmeña makes her way to vote on Tuesday. Accompanied by her family, the first-time candidate says that while this is a momentous occasion for...