Finding that "fewer than 2% of the 500000 state and local seats are held by Asian Americans and Latina/os," Sayu Bhojwani, founder and president of The recent American Leaders Project, or talks about the impact of the lack of representation and the nuts and bolts of recruiting candidates for office.
Bhojwani,who also served as recent York City's first Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg from 2002 to 2004, said there are several barriers to first- and moment-generation immigrants getting elected. It's partly a lack of history of engagement with political party systems; campaign finance is another big barrier.
Source: wnyc.org