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Revision as of 02:15, 2 December 2008
Ted Lieu (Chinese: 劉雲平; pinyin: 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 and Georgetown University Law Center, where he was Editor in Chief of the Georgetown Law Journal. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio.
He currently serves in the Air National Guard at the rank of Major
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. [1]
Ted Lieu is a strong supporter of expansion of public transit in West Los Angeles, LAX, and the South Bay.
He is seeking reelection in 2008, and his Republican opponent is Mr. Thomas Vidal, a Christian attorney in Redondo Beach.
