AAPI Victory Fund
Formation2016
Key people
Shekar Narasimhan (Chair and Founder)
Bel Leong-Hong (Co-Founder)
Dilawar Syed (Co-Founder)
Tung Nguyen (Co-Founder)
Norman Mineta (Chair, National Leadership Council))
Varun Nikore (President)
AffiliationsDemocratic
Websiteaapivictoryfund.com

The AAPI Victory Fund is a Political Action Committee that focuses on mobilizing Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) eligible voters and supports Democrat AAPI candidates.

In September 2019, the organization hosted the first Democratic Presidential Forum for the AAPI community. Held at the Segerstrom Center in Orange County, Presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Steyer, and Andrew Yang attended the townhall forum.[1] On January 17, 2020, the AAPI Victory Fund endorsed Joe Biden for president.[2] On May 5, 2021, they endorsed Andrew Yang for Mayor of New York City.[3]

Contributions to Candidates

Since its founding, AAPI Victory Fund has raised 2.8 million U.S. dollars and has made nearly $14,000 in individual contributions to presidential, senate, and house candidates. The organization spent $500,000 in independent expenditures.[4]

Year Cycle Funds Raised Presidential Contributions Senate Contributions House Contributions Independent Expenditures
2020 $1,551,290 Joe Biden (D) | $3,030 Bernie Sanders (D-VT) | $2,673

John Hickenlooper (D-CO) | $50

 Gil Cisneros (D-CA) | $2500

Judy Chu (D-CA) | $225

Donna Imam (D-TX) | $185

Gina Ortiz Jones (D-TX) | $185

Sri Kulkarni (D-TX) | $185

Sima Ladjevardian (D-TX) | $185

Helane Seikaly (D-TX) | $185

 FOR Joe Biden (D) | $149,984

FOR MJ Hegar (D-TX) $133,965

2018 $544,724 None None Andrew Janz (D-CA) | $560

Grace Meng (D-NY) | $500

Gina Ortiz Jones (D-TX) | $100

Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) | $75

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) | $18

 FOR Jon Ossoff (D-GA) | $2,998

FOR Hiral Tipirneni (D-AZ) | $5,000

2016 $703,107 Hillary Clinton (D) | $1,700 Katie McGinty (D-PA) | $1,364 None AGAINST Richard Burr (R-NC) | $10,420

AGAINST Joe Heck (R-NV) | $10,000

AGAINST Donald Trump (R) | $72,120


FOR Hillary Clinton (D) | $93,668

FOR Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) | $13,499

FOR Deborah Ross (D-NC) | $11,080

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Controversies

On March 12, 2019, Open Secrets reported that a Chinese-owned company provided illegal contributions through its US-based American Pacific International Capital (APIC) to Jeb Bush's super PAC Right to Rise. APIC also made contributions to the AAPI Victory Fund and was the organization's fifth largest donor for the 2016 election cycle.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Zint, Bradley (September 8, 2019). "Three Democratic presidential hopefuls state their case at forum in Costa Mesa". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Fuchs, Chris (January 17, 2020). "Asian American super PAC endorses Joe Biden". NBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Andrew Yang gets backing from national PAC in NYC mayor race". NBC News. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ "AAPI Victory Fund PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates". OpenSecrets.
  5. ↑ "AAPI Victory Fund PAC Profile". OpenSecrets.
  6. ↑ "Chinese-owned company that gave illegal $1.3 million to Jeb Bush super PAC also gave to pro-Clinton groups". OpenSecrets. 2019-03-12.
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