LIEU, Ted (1969-)

Democrat of California

36th congressional district

Serving in House 2015-Present

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Biography

Representative from California; born in Taipei, Taiwan, March 29, 1969; graduated from St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1987; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1991; B.S., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1991; J.D., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1994; United States Air Force, 1995-1999; United States Air Force Reserve, 2000-2021; judicial clerk, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; lawyer, private practice; member of the Torrance, Calif., city council, 2002-2005; member of the California state assembly, 2005-2010; unsuccessful candidate for election for California state attorney general in 2010; member of the California state senate, 2011-2014; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.
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