In some areas where Asian Americans have large populations, Asian Americans have elected Asian American candidates at the city and local level; examples of this include Vietnamese Americans in Orange County[REF] and Chinese Americans in San Francisco [REF].
David Ige, current governor of Hawaii since December 1, 2014, is of Japanese-American descent like his predecessor and is additionally the first person of Okinawan descent to hold office in the U.S [REF].