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Solon Urges Party’s Voter Turnout for VA Candidates By Jennie L. Ilustre   Falls Church, Virginia–US Congressman Bobby Scott urged a big Democratic turn out at the polls at the official launching of the Democratic Asian Americans of Virginia (DAAV), held here on October 1. Saying there’s a lot at stake in the Virginia elections, he noted that “if the same …

By Glenn Magpantay, Democracy Program Director at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)     Nationally, a whopping 73% of Asian Americans voted for President Obama, according to the exit polls. In the swing state of Virginia, Obama captured 66% of our vote. Asian Americans were a driving force in Virginia’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race. Preliminary …