Rui Xu
Rui Xu | |
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Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 25th district | |
Assumed office January 8, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Melissa Rooker |
Personal details | |
Born | Rui Xu 1989 (age 34–35) Switzerland |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Kearsha |
Occupation | Sports analyst |
Rui Xu (born 1989 in Switzerland)[1] is a state representative in the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 25th district. He is the first Chinese American person to ever serve in the Kansas Legislature and the only naturalized citizen and only Asian American currently serving.
Political career[edit]
Rui was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives for the first time in 2018, beating incumbent Melissa Rooker with 50.5% of the vote.[2] He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States). In 2020 and 2022, he ran unopposed and was re-elected.
2019-2020 Kansas House Committee Assignments[3][4]
- Agriculture
- Education (2019)
- Higher Education Budget (2020)
- Financial Institutions and Pensions
References[edit]
- ^ "Meet Rui - Rui Xu for Kansas". www.ruixuforkansas.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Johnson County Election Results 2018" (PDF).
- ^ "Representative Rui Xu". Kslegislature.org. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ "Brandon Woodard Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American legislators
- Asian-American people in Kansas politics
- American politicians of Chinese descent
- Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Swiss emigrants to the United States
- Asian American and Pacific Islander state legislators
- Kansas politician stubs