The saga of Boston city councilor Sam Yoon's run for mayor continues... In the city of Boston, where Mayor Thomas M. Menino dominates the political establishment, Yoon remains a relatively low-profile figure, unknown to 38 percent of residents, according to a recent Globe poll.

However, Yoon, Boston's first Asian American city councilor, has been working hard to cultivate support outside of Boston, traveling around the country to meet Asian American political activists, who have enthusiastically embraced his campaign with support and campaign donations: Yoon looks beyond Boston to enlist backers.

You can't blame them. Yoon is a promising voice leading the way among a new generation of Asian Americans getting involved in politics, at all levels of government. The trick now, is to translate that to Boston, and get the same kind of support from local donors to keep his campaign competitive.