Cory Booker leads Dem presidential candidates in campaign contributions from Asian Americans

Riverside, Ca –

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker leads the Democrats running for president for money raised from Asian Americans, a new analysis of federal elections data has found.

The analysis was released by AAPI Data — a project at the University of California, Riverside — that conducts demographic data analysis and policy research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

It looked at Federal Election Commission filings of 14 candidates from the first quarter of 2019 and found that Booker lead the pack in Asian American donations ($394,923), followed by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii ($390,155), Sen. Kamala Harris of California ($322,047), Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont ($123,899), and entrepreneur Andrew Yang ($119,440).

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