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Georgia Asian American Political Organization Endorses Senator Jon Ossoff and Launches Statewide AAPI Voter Mobilization Campaign

NORCROSS, GA. —  Today, the Asian American Advocacy Fund (AAAF) announced its endorsement of the U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff for re-election and the launch of a statewide multilingual voter mobilization campaign to engage Asian American voters ahead of the 2026 U.S. Senate election. AAAF aims to knock on more than 75,000 doors and make more than 100,000 phone calls while reaching voters through mail, paid digital advertising, ethnic media, community events, and culturally relevant outreach across Georgia. 

As one of the nation's most competitive Senate races, Georgia's election will help determine control of the U.S. Senate and the future of federal policies affecting voting rights, immigration, reproductive freedom, health care, and economic opportunity. With more than 350,000 eligible AAPI voters, Georgia's rapidly growing Asian American electorate is poised to once again play a decisive role.

"In 2021, Asian American voters helped decide one of the closest Senate races in the country," said Chany Chea, Program Director for AAAF. "Our communities proved that when we organize, we win. This year, we're investing in the relationships, conversations, and multilingual outreach needed to build on that momentum and ensure our communities continue shaping Georgia's future."

AAAF cited Senator Ossoff's record of expanding access to health care, advancing civil rights, strengthening government accountability, and engaging directly with Georgia's Asian American communities as key reasons for its endorsement.

"Since entering the Senate, I've worked to be the most responsive and accessible federal representative Georgia's Asian American families have ever had," said Senator Jon Ossoff. "I've expanded access to health care and economic opportunity, worked to expand language access, and stood with Georgia's Asian American community in the face of bigotry and hate. I will continue working alongside the Asian American Advocacy Fund in our shared effort to advance Georgia's Asian American community and every community in Georgia."

AAAF also pointed to the stark contrast between Senator Ossoff's vision and that of his opponent, Congressman Mike Collins, citing Collins' support for hardline immigration policies and alignment with the Trump administration agenda as fundamentally at odds with the organization's values of equity, inclusion, and multiracial democracy.

As part of its campaign, AAAF will conduct multilingual voter outreach across Georgia through door-to-door canvassing, phone banking, digital organizing, and community-based voter education. The effort builds on AAAF's historic 2020 and 2021 voter engagement program, which resulted in record participation among Asian American voters during Georgia's Senate runoffs. During the 2021 Senate runoff, AAAF knocked on more than 100,000 doors, made more than one million phone calls in seven Asian languages, sent more than 350,000 text messages, reached one in ten registered AAPI voters statewide through direct conversations, and invested heavily in multilingual mail, digital outreach, ethnic media, and community storytelling. In an election where Senator Ossoff won by just 54,944 votes, more than 106,000 AAPI voters turned out, underscoring the growing political power of Georgia's Asian American communities.

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