Esperanza "Hope" Andrade was elected as the Secretary of State for Texas.
A former Rhodes Scholar, consultant and congressman, Jindal was the first American of Indian descent elected to a gubernatorial position.
Ellison, a black Democrat, converted to Islam as a 19-year-old and was elected to serve for Minnesota.
Moseley Braun was a U.S. Senator from Illinois and dropped out of the race to endorse Howard Dean.
George W. Bush selected the former Army General to serve as his Secretary of State, making Powell the first black to reach the office. Powell stepped down from the position during Bush's second term.
Gov. Gary Locke was elected Washington’s 21st governor on Nov. 5, 1996, making him the first Chinese-American governor in U.S. history. On Nov. 7, 2000, Locke, a Democrat, was re-elected to a secon...
Ben Cayetano, born and raised in Hawaii, was elected the country's first Filipino American Governor.
Obama graduated magna cum laude with a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Fulani, a psychologist, ran as a independent and was the first black woman to appear on the ballot in all 50 states.
He graduated with a BA from Columbia University.
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