Elected Asian American Republicans

FEDERAL

Elain Chao, former Secretary of Transportation
James C. Ho, Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
Viet Dinh, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General
Jesse Liu, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Michael H. Park, Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Neomi Jehangir Rao, Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Amul Thapar, Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

AZ

Quang Nguyen, State Representative
Barry Wong, former State Representative
Kimberly Yee, State Treasurer

CA

Lisa Bartlett, member, Orange County Board of Supervisors
Hon. Tani Cantil-Sakauye, State Supreme Court Justice
Chris Cate, member, San Diego City Council
Ling Ling Chang, State Senator
Phillip Chen, State Representative
Hon. Ming Chin, former State Supreme Court Justice
Eric Ching, Walnut City Council member
Steven S. Choi, State Representative
Tyler Diep, State Representative
Andrew Do, member, Orange County Board of Supervisors
Bilal Essayli, State Representative
Joe Esteves, former Milpitas Mayor
Matt Fong, former State Treasurer
Vince Fong, State Representative
Kash Gill, Yuba City Mayor
S.I. Hayakawa, former U.S. Representative
Peggy Huang, member, Yorba Linda City Council
Tom Hom, former State Representative
Shirley Horton, former State Representative
Jay Kim, former U.S. Representative
Young Kim, U.S. Representative and former State Representative
Hugh Nguyen, Orange County Clerk-Recorder
Janet Nguyen, State Senator
Peter Ohtaki, former Menlo Park Mayor
Eunice Sato, former Long Beach Mayor
Harry Sidhu, former Anaheim Mayor
Michelle Steel, U.S. Representative & former Orange County Supervisor
Deepika Tandon, member, Chico City Council
Tri Ta, State Representative
Nao Takasugi, former State Representative
Betty Tom Chu, former Monterey Park Mayor
Van Tran, former State Representative

CO

Janak Joshi, former State Representative

CT

Harry Arora, State Representative
Kimberly Fiorello, State Representative
Tony Hwang, State Senator
Kimberly Song Fiorello, State Representative
Prasad Srinivasan, former State Representative

GA

Hon. Carla Wong McMillian, State Supreme Court Justice
Charlice Byrd, State Representative
Soo Hong, State Representative
Martin Momtahan, State Representative
B.J. Pak, former State Representative

HI

Duke Aiona, former Lt. Governor
Samson Aiona, former State Representative
David Alcos, State Representative
Ralph Ajifu, former State Senator
David Alcos, State Representative
Emily Auwae, former State Representative
Brenton Awa, State Senator
Kika Bukoski, former State Representative
Marvin Dang, former State Representative
Charles Djou, former U.S. Representative
Richard Fale, former State Representative
Kurt Favella, State Senator
Lynn Finnegan, former State Representative
Hiram Fong, former U.S. Representative
Tulsi Gabbard, former U.S. Representative
Jonah Kalaniana'ole, former U.S. Representative
Kinau Kamalli, former State Representative
Quentin Kawananakoa, former State Representative
Stan Koki, former State Senator
Bertha Leong, former State Representative
Mike Liu, former State Senator
Tennyson Lum, former State Senator
Barbara Marumoto, former State Representative
Lauren Matsumoto, State Representative
Tony Narvae, former State Representative
Val Okimoto, State Representative
Guy P. Ontai, former State Representative
David Pendleton, former State Representative
Feki Pouha, former State Representative
Pat Saiki, former U.S. Representative
Kanani Souza, State Representative
Andria Tupola, member, Honolulu City Council
Corinne Wei Lan Ching, former State Representative
Kimo Wong, former State Representative
Wadsworth Yee, former State Senator

ID

Pat Takasugi, former State Representative
Julie VanOrden, State Representative
Julie Yamamoto, State Representative

IL

Paul Leong, member, Naperville City Council

IA

Hon. Christopher McDonald, IA State Supreme Court Justice
Henry Stone, State Representative

KS

Shanti Gandhi, former State Representative

KY

Khalil Batson, Louisville City Council
Amul Thapur, former U.S. District Court Judge

LA

Joseph Cao, former U.S. Representative
Bobby Jindal, former Governor

MD

Sid Saab, State Delegate

MA

Keiko Orrall, former State Representative
Sabita Singh, State Court of Appeals Judge
Dean Tran, State Senator
Donald Wong, State Representative

MI

Spencer Abraham, former U.S. Senator

MN

Rachel Paulose, former U.S. Attorney

MO

Vivek Malek, State Treasurer
Jonathan Patterson, State Representative

NE

Tony Fulton, former State Representative
Lormong Lo, former member, Omaha City Council

NV

Francis Allen-Palenske, former State Representative
John Ensign, former U.S. Senator
Cheryl Lau, former Secretary of State
Glen Leavitt, State Representative

NH

Aboul Khan, State Representative
John Sununu, former Governor
John Sununu, Jr., former U.S. Senator
Chris Sununu, Governor
Saggy Tahir, former State Representative

NJ

Philip Kwon, former Port Authority Deputy Counsel
David F. Bauman, State Superior Court Judge
Stephanie Jang, Palisades Park City Council
Kevin O’Toole, former State Senator
Jae Park, Palisades Park City Council
George Song, Paramus School Board member

NM

Hon. Judith Nakamura, NM State Supreme Court Justice

NY

Fred Akshar, State Senator
Anil Beephan, State Representative
Lester Chang, State Representative
Peter Koo, former NYC Council member
Jeanine Pirro, former Westchester County Judge

NC

Tariq Bokhari, member, Charlotte City Council
Wing Ng, member, Wake County School Board

OH

Niraj Antani, State Senator
Steve Austria, U.S. Representative
Ron Falconi, Brunswick Mayor
Haraz Ghanbari, State Representative
Cliff Rosenberger, former State Representative

OK

Stephanie Bice, U.S. Representative
Daniel Pae, State Representative
Ervin Yen, State Senator

OR

Victor Atiyeh, former Governor
Cyrus Javadi, State Representative
John Lim, former State Senator

PA

Jeff Coleman, former State Representative
David Oh, Philadelphia City Council member
John Pippy, former State Senator

RI

Allan Fung, former Cranston mayor

SC

Nikki Haley, former Governor

TN

Jerome Cochran, former State Representative
Sabi Kumar, State Representative

TX

Nandita Berry, former Secretary of State
Neena Biswas, former member, Coppell Independent School District
Elisa Chan, former member, San Antonio City Council
Angie Chen Button, State Representative
James Ho, former State Solicitor General
A.J. Hoang, former member, Houston City Council
Jacey Jetton, State Representative
M.J. Khan, former member, Houston City Council
Steve Le, former member, Houston City Council
Richard Nguyen, former member, Houston City Council
Bala Srinivas, former mayor, Hollywood Park
Martha Wong, former State Representative

UT

Sophia DiCaro, former State Representative
Brian Shiozawa, former State Senator
Dean Sanpei, former State Representative
Curtis Oda, former State Representative

VT

Hon. Nancy Waples, VT State Supreme Court Justice

VA

Ron Villanueva, former State Delegate

WA

Peter Kwon, member, SeaTac City Council
Conrad Lee, former Mayor of Bellevue

WV

Tom Takubo, State Senator

WI

Ram Bhatia, Mount Pleasant Village Trustee
Jason Craig, Franklin Alderman

WY

Nimi McConigley, State Representative

American Samoa

Eddie Pangelinan, former U.S. Representative
Aumua A. C. Radewagen, U.S. Representative

Guam

Ben Blaz, former U.S. Representatives

Northern Mariana Islands

David Apatang, Lt. Governor
Benigno Fitial, former Governor
Eloy Inos, former Governor
Benjamin Taisacan Manglona, former Lt. Governor

Other Notable Asian American Republicans

Harmeet Dhillon
Nikki Haley
Bobby Jindal
Kash Patel
B.J. Penn
Vivek Ramaswamy
Rob Schneider
Kristi Yamaguchi

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