- Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu (zh-cp|c=劉雲平|p=Liú Yúnpíng) has been a California State Assemblyman since September 2005 when he was elected to the seat following the death of incumbent Mike Gordon. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
In the special election to fill the 53rd Assembly district, Lieu won in a landslide victory over three Republicans, including businesswoman Mary Jo Ford and Torrance City Councilman Paul Nowatka. Former Redondo Beach mayor
Greg Hill intended to run, but opted out citing pressure not to run.Lieu previously served as Torrance City Councilman. He is a graduate of
Stanford University andGeorgetown University Law Center , where he was Editor in Chief of theGeorgetown Law Journal . He grew up inCleveland ,Ohio .He currently serves in the
Air National Guard at the rank ofMajor Lieu and his wife Betty reside in Torrance with their two sons, Brennan and Austin.
In 2008, in a surprising twist of events in the
LPGA English language controversy, Sen.Leland Yee of San Francisco and Assemblyman Ted Lieu of Los Angeles were able to help rescind the LPGA Tour Commission’s suspension-penalty policy. Both officials publicly challenged the legality and galvanized community attention to the LPGA’s policy in August 2008 when it was released, which resulted in revision of policy by the end of 2008. [ [http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/05/lieu-and-yee-help-rescind-lpga-english-language-policy-penalties/ "Lieu and Yee Help Rescind LPGA English Language Policy Penalty"] .AsianWeek . Retrieved on2008 -09-08 .]References
External links
* [http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a53/default.htm Ted Lieu homepage]
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