By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog
Governor Chris Christie’s coalitions team continued to earn its pay today, Save Jerseyans, as twenty-two separate Korean-American organizations announced their support of his reelection campaign.
“It is a particularly special and gratifying moment to accept the support of 22 different organizations and leaders who span nearly every facet of engagement in our state’s Korean-American community – business, civic, cultural, professional and religious,” said Governor Christie by way of a campaign press release. “Such a broad show of support doesn’t happen without relationships and engagement, and it doesn’t happen overnight. It’s the result of cooperation over the last four years. I’m thankful for the broad show of support from the Korean-American community, but I’m even more thankful for the work we’ve done together and the foundation of partnership we’ve built for the work we still have left to do for our state.”
The GOP incumbent’s campaign has made significant inroads with traditional Democrat constituencies this cycle; recently, his campaign even opened a bilingual office in Paterson. It’s all about improving his margins with key demographics in November 2013, Save Jerseyans… and improving the rationale for giving him the Republican nomination in November 2016, too.
The list of orgs/leaders backing Gov. Christie is below the fold:
Overseas Korean Traders Association of New Jersey
Korean Marine Corps Veterans Association of New Jersey
Penel Concert Choir
New Jersey Taekwondo Association
Korean Pastors Association
Korean Real Estate Association of NJ
Korean American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey
Hudson County Taekwondo Association
Eastcoast Korean Real Estate Association
Korean American Grocery Association
New Jersey Central Korean American Association
New Jersey Korean American Dry Cleaning Association
New Jersey Korean American Nail Association
New Jersey Korean American Beauty Salon Association
Paul Yoon, Immediate Past President, Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association
Kenneth Yu, President, Korean American Association of New Jersey
Andrew Kim, President, Korean American Civic Action Committee
Ki-Jung Kim, President, Korean American Veterans Association
Tae-Bok Kang, President, Korean American Senior Citizens Organization
Heather Choi, Chairman, Korean American Womens Association
John Chang, President, Korean American Association of Palisades Park
Choy Kyung Hee, Vice President, Holy Name Hospital – Korean Medical Program
