A number of Chinese Americans were elected to office in the November election. Reported Mary Chow of AsianWeek (Nov. 15-21), with almost 200 Asian Pacific American candidates running for office in this November's election, voters all across America went to the polls last Tuesday and elected more than 100 APAs to represent them locally and nationally, with the most significant APA gains in state houses. Below is a listing of Chinese Americans elected to ffice nationwide:
NATIONAL ELECTION
Congress: David Wu (D-District 1, Oregon)
STATE ELECTIONS
California
State Board of Education: John Chiang (D-District 4)
State Assembly: Wilma Chan (D-District 16); Judy Chu (D-District 49); Carol Liu (D-District
44); Leland Yee (D-District 12)
Hawaii
State Senate: Suzanne Chun Oakland (D-District 13)
State House: Jerry Chang (D-District 2), Bertha Leong (R-District 18); Sylvia Luke (D-District
26); Corinne Ching (R-District 27)
Maryland
State House: Susan Lee (D-District 16)
Minnesota
State House: Cy Thao (DFL-District 65A)
New York
Supreme Court: Doris Ling Cohan
Texas
State House: Martha Wong (R-District 13)
Washington
State Senate: Paul Shinn (D-District 21)
LOCAL ELECTIONS
California
Board of Supervisors: Alice Lai-Bitker (D-Alameda)
Rent Board of Stabilization: Howard Chong (G-Berkeley)
City Council: Jean Quan (City Council, Oakland)
City Assesser: Mabel Teng (D-San Francisco)
Community College Board: Lawrence Wong (District 3)
School Board: Eddie Chin (San Francisco); Kansen Chu (Berryessa); Rob Fong (Sacramento);
Kathryn P. Ho (Fremont); T.N. Ho (Santa Clara); Ray Kwok (Berryessa); James Fang
(Bart Board, San Francisco)
Michigan
City Council: Alicia Ping (R-Saline)