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By Scott Wong

WASHINGTON — Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., on Wednesday will become the new chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, succeeding Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., who has held the post for more than a dozen years, Chu told NBC News on Tuesday evening.

Meng, who has served in Congress since 2013, is running unopposed to replace Chu as chair of the caucus, which is known as CAPAC. The internal election is set for later Wednesday.

Meng is CAPAC’s “first vice chair, so basically she has been put in a position to be able to take over, and I think she’ll do a great job,” Chu said.

CAPAC is the smallest of the Tri-Caucus, the three minority caucuses that also include the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. It has been an important voice on such issues as combating xenophobia and anti-Asian hate incidents (which spiked during the pandemic), pursuing immigration reform and promoting language access in government programs for people with limited English proficiency.

While the leaders of the Black and Hispanic caucuses typically rotate every two years, CAPAC does not have term limits. Chu — the former three-time mayor of Monterey Park and the first Chinese American woman to serve in Congress — had led the caucus since 2011.

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