Kimmy Yam is a reporter for NBC Asian America.
Gouri Sadhwani, a longtime New Jersey resident and Democrat, isn’t so enthusiastic about the presidential race this year, saying she plans to vote for President Joe Biden as a “defensive” measure against Donald Trump. But she gets fired up when she discusses the Senate race, particularly the Democratic candidate, Rep. Andy Kim. “Andy Kim is very different,” said Sadhwani, 52, who moved to New Jersey from India when she was a child.
’” Behind the new era for Asian American voters Kim announced he was challenging the longtime Democratic incumbent, Bob Menendez, in September after Menendez was indicted on charges of taking bribes in exchange for official government acts. In scant recent polling, Kim has been ahead of the two leading GOP candidates in next week’s primary, businessman Curtis Bashaw and Mendham Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner.
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