Mayumi Tsutakawa explains how her Japanese culture influenced her throughout her life, from growing up to the naming of her son. Includes background info on her father, George Tsutakawa.
Gary Locke beat Ellen Craswell to become Washington State governor. The article says that voters were turned off by Craswell's mixing of politics and Christianity and seemed to like Locke based on his image rather than any real platform.
Gary Locke wins the 1996 election to become the first Chinese American governor in the continental United States. His candidate, Ellen Craswell ran as a conservative Christian, which hurt her campaign.
Gary Locke's Inauguration Ball is the largest in Washington history and there is a lot of enthusiasm around his election, but now he needs to answer hard questions about what he will do in his term.
Gary Locke is sworn in as the nation's first Chinese American governor in a history-making ceremony that marked his rise from a childhood in a Seattle housing project to his new home in the governor's mansion.
