Judy Chu

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Judy Chu

Judy May Chu (Chinese name 趙 美 心; Pinyin : Zhào Měixīn) (born July 7, 1953 in Los Angeles , California ) was a member of the US House of Representatives for the 32nd congressional electoral district of California , which she represented there between 2009 and 2013. She has been a Congresswoman for her state's 27th Congressional District since 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party . Re-elected in office in 2016 and 2018, she is also a member of the 116th United States Congress . Your new legislative period runs until January 3, 2021 with the option of a further candidacy in 2020.

Chu previously served as vice president and then president of the California Board of Equalization , representing the fourth district. She was also a member of the Garvey Unified School District Board of Education, Monterey Park City Council, where she served as mayor, and the California State Assembly .

Chu ran in a by-election in May 2009 for the vacant seat of Hilda Solis after she became US Secretary of Labor in the Obama cabinet in early 2009 . Chu was the candidate with the most votes in this special election on May 19 and prevailed in the decisive second ballot on July 14. Chu is the first woman of Chinese descent to be elected to the United States Congress. In the congressional elections on November 2, 2010, she was re-elected with a large majority.

Before the political career

Judy Chu is the second of four children of Judson and May Chu, the 1948 in their place of origin in the district Xinhui in the province of Guangdong . The couple then moved to Los Angeles, where they settled near the intersection of 62nd Street and Normandie Avenue. The family lived there until Judy Chu was in her teens and then moved to the Bay Area .

Chu graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BA in Mathematics . She subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology . She taught at various schools in Los Angeles for twenty years, including 13 years at East Los Angeles College .

Political career

Chu's first office to which she was elected was in 1985 on the Board of Directors of the Garvey School District in Rosemead . In 1988 she was elected to the City Council of Monterey Park, where she served as mayor for three terms. She stood in the 1994 election for the California State Assembly, but lost in the primary to Diane Martinez ; four years later, in 1998, she was unable to prevail against Gloria Romero in the primary elections .

Chu and husband Mike Eng with Nancy Pelosi at the swearing-in ceremony for Chu as MP in the United States House of Representatives

Chu was elected to the State Assembly in a special election on May 15, 2001 after Romero had successfully applied for a position in the California Senate . Chu was elected for a full term in 2002 and was re-elected in 2004. Her constituencies included Alhambra , El Monte , Duarte , Monterey Park , Rosemead, San Gabriel , San Marino, and South El Monte , all of which are in Los Angeles County .

Due to the legal term of office, she was unable to run for a third full term in 2006. Instead, she was elected to a state committee for equality in the fourth district, which represents most of Los Angeles County.

Chu ran in the special election for the 32nd Congressional electoral district after then incumbent Hilda Solis was appointed US Secretary of Labor . She led the field of candidates in the special election on May 19, 2010, but due to the large number of candidates (eight Democrats and four Republicans ran), she received only 31.9 percent of the vote, considerably less than that for a direct win Seat required absolute majority . In the second ballot on July 14, however, she clearly prevailed against her sister-in-law Betty Tom Chu from the Republican Party and against Christopher Agrella from the Libertarian Party . In the election, she went into the race as a clear favorite due to the district's strong leaning towards the Democrats; with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D + 15, this constituency is one of the safest Democratic constituencies in the country.

United States House of Representatives

Committees

During her tenure as a Congresswoman, Ms. Chu has served on the following committees, among others:

Today she is a member of the Legal Committee and the Committee on Small Business, as well as five sub-committees.

Chu was sworn in as a congressman on July 16, 2009.

Personal life

Chu has been married to Mike Eng since 1978 . Eng succeeded Chu on the Monterey Park City Council in 2001 and succeeded Chu in the California State Assembly in 2006 when Chu was elected to Congress.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ California Births, 1905-1995
  2. ↑ a b c Board of Equalization: Vice Chair Judy Chair - Board of Equalization ( English ) In: CA BOE . 2007. Archived from the original on February 13, 2007. Retrieved on May 14, 2007.
  3. ↑ Larrubia, Evelyn Solis' House seat draws interest of prominent politicians (English) , Los Angeles Times . December 23, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2010. 
  4. ↑ UPDATE: Judy Chu trounces rivals in congressional race
  5. ↑ Election Results: California (English) , The New York Times . November 3, 2010. 
  6. ^ Jean Merl: Judy Chu becomes first Chinese American woman elected to Congress (English) , Los Angeles Times . July 16, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2010. 
  7. ^ A b Judy Chu: Political Philosophy for Judy Chu ( English ) In: League of Women Voters of California Education Fund . 2002. Retrieved May 14, 2007.
  8. ↑ Biography ( Memento from May 28, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Michael R. Blood: Democrat captures US House seat in LA county (English) , Huffington Post . July 15, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 

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SURNAME Chu, Judy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chu, Judy May (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, Congresswoman for the 32nd Congressional District of California
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California