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By Jason Beeferman

TURNING RED: Asian American voters in New York are increasingly shifting red — and Democrats are trying to stop the bleeding.

And that dynamic is propelling a lobbying effort from the Coalition of Asian-American Independent Practice Associations (CAIPA), a group representing independent physicians that has sought to increasingly wield influence in Albany as the need for Democratic inroads with Asian Americans grows.

In the wake of Trump’s decisive victory and the Democratic autopsy underway nationally, party representatives in the city’s Asian American communities are undergoing a post-mortem of their own.

“This is not a fluke,” said Assemblymember Grace Lee, co-chair of the body’s Asian Pacific American Task Force and the co-chair of the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, which organizes in competitive districts.

“This is a trend that has been happening over the course of a number of years,” she added.

Those trends were born out in this year’s Election Day results.

In a South Brooklyn district representing Sunset Park and Bensonhurst, Democratic state Sen. Iwen Chu lost to Republican Steve Chan.

In the East Asian neighborhood of Flushing, Queens, Democratic Assemblymember Ron Kim saw his district go decisively for Trump even as he was able to hold onto his seat.

To read the entire article: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook-pm/2024/12/05/caipa-asian-ron-kim-iwen-chu-red-wave-new-york-legislature-00192849