The Chinese Americans performed well in the 2014 California primaries. Yu Yinliang "ranked third"
> Chinese Americans performed well in the 2014 California primary election Yu Yinliang "ranked third" The 2014 California primary election ended on the 4th, including eight state-level positions including governor and secretary of state...
Chinese Americans performed well in the 2014 California primary election, and Yu Yinliang "ranked third." The 2014 California primary election ended on the 4th, including eight state-level positions such as governor and secretary of state, as well as multiple federal Houses of Representatives, California senators, representatives, and local office-bearing positions, and the candidates for the November runoff election were selected. Among them, Chinese candidates have outstanding results. According to the latest statistics, in the California 2014 primary election held on that day, mostly Chinese-American candidates such as Zhao Meixin, Jiang Junhui, and Zhou Benli successfully qualified in the middle half of the rankings and obtained tickets for the final battle at the end of the year. Statistics as of 3 a.m. on the 5th showed that Zhao Meixin, an evergreen figure in Chinese-American politics and candidate for the 27th district federal representative, ranked first with 61.2% of the vote. There are 18 candidates in the federal constituency 33. Liu Yunping temporarily ranked second with 19.0% of the vote, 2.2 percentage points ahead of the third place. In addition, California Treasurer candidate Jiang Junhui, who was specially endorsed by the Los Angeles Times, had an absolute advantage with 55.1% of the vote. In the California House of Representatives election, Zhou Benli in the 49th district and Zhang Lingling in the 55th district firmly ranked first with 60.7% and 27.9% of the vote respectively, setting the stage for the November runoff election. In Northern California, San Francisco City Mayor Chiu Xinfu, Democrat Zhu Kansheng, Republican Guo Zongzheng, etc. also entered the November general election for the position of state representative or senator in their respective districts. Yang Chengzhi, a Republican who ran for lieutenant governor, received 8% of the vote, ranking fourth among the eight candidates and narrowly losing. Yu Yinliang, a Chinese-American candidate who originally planned to run for California Secretary of State, had previously announced his withdrawal from the race due to suspicion of bribery. However, in the election that day, his name was still printed on the ballot and received nearly 290,000 votes, ranking third. The winning candidate in this election will participate in the November runoff.
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