Three Chinese Americans won their races in the election held on November 3 in New York City. Democrat John Liu (second from the left) trounced his Republican opponent to become comptroller, winning 76 percent of the vote.

Three Chinese Americans won their races in the election held on November 3 in New York City, according to Qiaobao, a Chinese-language newspaper in New York. The three are: John Liu (Liu Chunyi), the first Asian-American elected to a citywide office in NYC; Margaret Chin (Chin Qianwen), the first Chinese American female elected to New York City's City Council; and Gu Yaming, elected to the City Council from Flushing, the second largest Chinatown in NYC.

Democrat Liu trounced his Republican opponent to become comptroller, winning 76 percent of the vote. The comptroller, or city auditor, ranks third among city officials, only after mayor and public advocator.

Chin won the congressional contest with 86 percent of the vote. After more than 150 years, she is the first Chinese American female elected from Chinatown to serve on the City Council.

The City Council seat in Flushing, Queens, was fierce between two Chinese Americans —Republican Gu Yaming and Democrat Zhou Yanxia. Despite Flushing being dominated by Democrats, Gu won the election with 50 percent of the vote, compared to Zhou's 45 percent.

Seats held by Chinese Americans on the New York City Council have now increased from one to two.

Also in the citywide elections, incumbent New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was re-elected with a five percent advantage (51 percent to 46 percent), over his Democratic challenger Bill Thompson. The victory was not achieved easily.

(China.org.cn translated by Wu Jin, November 9, 2009)