October 25, 2024 | Vol. 53, Issue 20

The only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

Chinese-American candidates prevail in primary election

It was a night of celebration at the Fox & Hound Wood Grille and Tavern in Quincy and Kowloon Restaurant in Saugus on September 14.  After all, winning the primary election meant party time for Democratic candidate Tackey Chan and Republican candidate Donald Wong.  But the race is not over yet.  Both Chan and Wong will move on to the next and final leg – the general election on November 2.

Chan, running for the 2nd Norfolk District in Quincy, scored a narrow win against attorney Joseph Keegan 2,684 to 2,572.  A former state assistant attorney general from Wollaston, Chan will take on Republican John Iredale in the general election.

Wong, vying for the 10th (did you mean 10th? I only saw a 0) Essex County in Saugus, beat his Republican contender Raymond Igou 1,851 to 423, and will face off incumbent Mark Falzone (D-Saugus) on November 2.  Wong is the owner of Kowloon Restaurant and an instructor of Qigong at in Boston and Danvers.

In Boston, it was a field day for incumbent state Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-2nd Suffolk), who hammered Hassan Williams 10,018 to 3,131 in the primary.  In the absence of Republican challengers, first-term incumbent Chang-Diaz is practically set to win a second term in the general election. The Second Suffolk District includes portions of the South End, Jamaica Plain, Fenway, Roxbury, Dorchester and Chinatown.

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