Nevada candidates court Asian-American voters

With glossy campaign mailers Rochelle Nguyen’s mailbox has been inundated. The materials run the gamut of hot-button topics under discussion in the midterms, because her household includes registered Republicans as well as Democrats. One thing is different in this election, “I can tell you, everything from social media messaging to mailers I’ve never received so much in Vietnamese”, The Nevada assemblywoman said. Particularly in key battlegrounds like Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, one of the most expensive congressional races in the country, the pile of political mail sitting in Nguyen’s home as a critical constituency for both Republicans and Democrats in Las Vegas is one indicator that Asian American communities have emerged. Including Nevada, which has large Filipino and Chinese American populations in the United States Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial or ethnic group and make up more than 10% of the population in five states. The population is roughly 350,...