Series II. Political Campaigns, 1985-1992, 1999-2001, inclusive

The Political Campaigns series documents Rocky Chin's involvement in various New York City elections, including Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign in 1988, David Dinkin's mayoral campaign in 1989, and Sau Ngar Li and Danny Yip's 1999 run for the District 2 Community School Board Elections. Materials include correspondence, memos, press releases, newspaper clippings, statements, flyers, event programs, invitations, mailers, brochures, speeches, schedules, and meeting notes. In addition to these types of materials, Chin's own run for city council representative is also documented by completed candidate questionnaires and surveys, printed campaign literature, printouts of digital photographs, a campaign banner, and photographic contact sheets. Rocky Chin was a delegate at the 1996 and 2000 Democratic National Conventions, and supported Barack Obama's presidential candidacy in 2008, but the materials he collected from these roles are included in the Activism series, since it does not appear that he had a larger role in the campaigns.