AAPI Victory Fund

{{Infobox organization

| image =AAPI Victory Fund.png

| caption =

| formation = 2016

| 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))

| affiliations = Democratic

| name = AAPI Victory Fund

| website = {{url|https://aapivictoryfund.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.{{cite news |last1=Zint |first1=Bradley |title=Three Democratic presidential hopefuls state their case at forum in Costa Mesa |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-09-08/three-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-costa-mesa |access-date=10 February 2021 |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=September 8, 2019}} On January 17, 2020, the AAPI Victory Fund endorsed Joe Biden for president.{{cite news |last1=Fuchs |first1=Chris |title=Asian American super PAC endorses Joe Biden |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-super-pac-endorses-joe-biden-n1117801 |access-date=10 February 2021 |agency=NBC News |date=January 17, 2020}} On May 5, 2021, they endorsed Andrew Yang for Mayor of New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/andrew-yang-gets-backing-national-pac-nyc-mayor-race-n1266345|title=Andrew Yang gets backing from national PAC in NYC mayor race|website=NBC News |access-date=May 5, 2021}} On July 21, 2024, they endorsed Kamala Harris for president.

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.{{Cite web |title=AAPI Victory Fund PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/aapi-victory-fund/C00589507/candidate-recipients/2020| publisher=OpenSecrets}}

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!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

|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

{{Cite web |title=AAPI Victory Fund PAC Profile|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/aapi-victory-fund/C00589507/summary/2018| publisher=OpenSecrets}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-12|title=Chinese-owned company that gave illegal $1.3 million to Jeb Bush super PAC also gave to pro-Clinton groups |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/03/chinese-owned-company-gave-illegal-1-3-million-to-jeb-bush-super-pac/| publisher=OpenSecrets}}

References

External links

{{official website|https://aapivictoryfund.com/}}

Category:United States political action committees

Category:Political organizations established in 2016