{"id":5816,"date":"2015-11-05T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=5816"},"modified":"2015-11-05T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T16:03:34","slug":"barve-touts-asian-american-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=5816","title":{"rendered":"Barve Touts Asian American Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a press release from the Barve campaign:<\/em><\/p>\n

ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS UNITE BEHIND BARVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members of Congress, Maryland Leaders Endorse Congressional Campaign<\/em><\/p>\n

Rockville, November 5, 2015 \u2013 Kumar Barve for Congress announced today the endorsement of Asian Congressional and Maryland leaders for his campaign for Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cKumar Barve is a leader in the innovation and technology sectors and is a proven job creator. He is a fighter for the middle class and working families,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA). \u201cHis family history is the American immigrant success story and I would welcome him as a partner in Congress\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AAPI community is united behind Kumar Barve in Maryland\u201d, stated U.S. Rep. Grace Meng. \u201cKumar is a fighter for social justice. AAPIs are underrepresented in Congress and Delegate Barve has been a long been a national leader in promoting and protecting the civic and political rights of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cKumar Barve rose through the Montgomery County Public School system to become a groundbreaking leader in our community. His story \u2013 from his grandfather\u2019s fight for citizenship to his historic election as the first Indian American state legislator \u2013 is our story\u201d said Delegate Aruna Miller, who represents state legislative District 15 which is included with the 8th<\/sup> Congressional District. \u201cKumar has been a great mentor to those of us who have followed in his path\u201d.<\/p>\n

Barve is one the headliners tonight of the Maryland Democratic Party\u2019s Mid-Autumn and Diwali Celebration in Gaithersburg that will gather AAPI leaders throughout the state. AAPIs, comprising about 8-9% of the population, represent a growing and increasingly active community within the 8th District of Maryland.\u00a0Since his historic election in 1990, Barve has worked to increase the participation of the AAPI community in the civic and political life of their communities.<\/p>\n

List of Endorsements
\n<\/u>U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA)
\nU.S. Rep. Madeline Bordallo (D-GU)
\nU.S. Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
\nU.S. Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)
\nU.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)
\nNorman Mineta, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Member of Congress
\n<\/em>Maryland Delegate Mark Chang
\nMaryland Delegate Clarence Lam
\nMaryland Delegate Aruna Miller
\nMaryland Delegate Kriselda Valderrama
\nVirginia Delegate Mark Keam
\nTufail Ahmad
\nAlan Cheung, former Member, Montgomery County Board of Education
\n<\/em>Ed Chow, former MD Secretary of Veterans Affairs
\n<\/em>Suresh Gupta
\nRajan Natarajan, former MD Deputy Secretary of State
\n<\/em>Farook Sait
\nCongressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Leadership PAC
\nAsian American Action Fund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is a press release from the Barve campaign: ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS UNITE BEHIND BARVE Members of Congress, Maryland Leaders Endorse Congressional Campaign Rockville, November 5, 2015 \u2013 Kumar Barve for Congress announced today the endorsement of Asian Congressional and Maryland leaders for his campaign for Congress. \u201cKumar Barve is a leader in the … Continue reading Barve Touts Asian American Support<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[1301,1722,1721,1299,1473],"class_list":["post-5816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress","tag-mdcd8","tag-aapi","tag-asian-americans","tag-eighth-congressional-district","tag-kumar-barve"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-1vO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5818,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816\/revisions\/5818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}