Iwen Chu elected first Asian woman state Senator in New York, will represent first Asian-majority state Senate district * Brooklyn Paper
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A new face is headed to Albany to represent southern Brooklyn in the state Senate.More than a week after the midterm elections, Iwen Chu - the Democratic Party and Working Families Party candidate who started making waves last April by collecting signatures from more than 5,400 prospective constituents - has finally declared victory in the nail-bitingly close race, defeating Republican challenger Vito LaBella by just a few hundred votes, according to unofficial New York City Board of Elections results.
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