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Toshiko Hasegawa, executive director at Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, introduced presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren at the Seattle Armory on Feb. 22, before a crowd of 7,000 people. Warren’s campaign staff heard Hasegawa speak previously and chose her to do the introduction. (Photo by Paul Christian Gordon)