List of Asian Pacific American Democrats

The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Asian Pacific American members of the United States Democratic Party, past and present.

A

George Ariyoshi, the first Asian-American Governor

• Daniel Akaka, former Senator from Hawaii
• George Ariyoshi, 3rd Governor of Hawaii

B

• Kumar P. Barve, Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Ami Bera, Congressman from California
• Madeleine Bordallo, Congressional Delegate from Guam

C

• Ben Cayetano, 5th Governor of Hawaii
• Hansen Clarke, former Congressman from Minnesota
• Judy Chu, Congresswoman from California
• Steven Chu, former United States Secretary of Energy
• TJ Cox, former Congressman from California

D

• Tammy Duckworth, Senator from Illinois
• Mervyn Dymally, former Congressman from California

E

• March Fong Eu, former Secretary of State of California

F

• Eni Faleomavaega, former Congressional Delegate from American Samoa

G

• Tulsi Gabbard, former Congresswoman from Hawaii

H

Official portrait of the 49th Vice President Kamala Harris, 2021

• Colleen Hanabusa, former Congresswoman from Hawaii
• Kamala Harris, 49th Vice President of the United States; former U.S. Senator from California and 32nd Attorney General of California
• Mazie Hirono, Senator from Hawaii
• Mike Honda, former Congressman from California

I

Daniel Inouye, former President pro tempore of the United States Senate

• David Ige, 8th Governor of Hawaii
• Daniel Inouye, former U.S. Senator from Hawaii

J

• William Paul Jarrett, Congressional Delegate from Hawaii
• Pramila Jayapal, Congresswoman from Washington

K

• Kai Kahele, former Congressman from Hawaii
• Ro Khanna, Congressman from California
• Andy Kim, Congressman from New Jersey
• Raja Krishnamoorthi, Congressman from Illinois

L

Gary Locke, former Governor of Washington

• Ed Lee, Mayor of San Francisco
• Ted Lieu, Congressman from California
• John Liu, former New York City Comptroller
• Gary Locke, 36th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and 21st Governor of Washington

M

Norman Mineta, the first Asian-American Cabinet Secretary

• Bob Matsui, former Congressman from California
• Doris Matsui, Congresswoman from California
• Spark Matsunaga, former Senator from Hawaii
• Grace Meng, Congresswoman from New York
• Norman Mineta, former Congressman and former United States Secretary of Transportation
• Patsy Mink, former Congresswoman from Hawaii
• Stephanie Murphy, former Congresswoman from Florida

O

• Pablo Ocampo, Resident Commissioner of the Philippines

Q

• Jean Quan, Mayor of Oakland, California

S

• Gregorio Sablan, Congressional Delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands
• Michael San Nicolas, former Congressional Delegate from Guam
• Dalip Singh Saund, former Congressman from California
• Bobby Scott, Congressman from Virginia
• Eric Shinseki, former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Kim Singh, former chair of Asia Pacific Caucus of the California Democratic Party
• Marilyn Strickland, Congresswoman from Washington and Mayor of Tacoma, Washington
• Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia, former Congressional Delegate from American Samoa

T

• Mark Takai, former Congressman from Hawaii
• Mark Takano, Congressman from California
• Froilan Tenorio, 4th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Shri Thanedar, Congressman from Michigan
• Jill Tokuda, Congresswoman from Hawaii

U

• Robert A. Underwood, former Congressional Delegate from Guam

W

• John D. Waiheʻe III, 4th Governor of Hawaii
• Antonio Borja Won Pat, former Delegate from Guam
• Shien Biau Woo, former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
• David Wu, former Congressman from Oregon

See also

• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• List of Asian Americans
• Asian Pacific American
• List of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress
• Asian Americans in government and politics