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NJ Elects First Democratic Korean-American Congressmember

HeadlineNov 15, 2018

In New Jersey, former Obama aide, Democrat Andy Kim has flipped another congressional seat, beating incumbent Republican Congressmember Tom MacArthur. Kim is the first Asian-American congressmember to be elected in New Jersey and the first Korean-American Democrat elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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