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Asian American Women in Elective Office

Summary
  • Of the 90 women serving in the 112th Congress, 4 are Asian American.  Find out who's in Congress.
  • Of the  1,750 women state legislators serving nationwide, 35 are Asian American. See state legislatures.
  • Of the 100 largest U.S. cities, one has an African American woman mayor. See mayors.

For more information on total numbers and percentages of women serving in various levels of office, click here.

Asian American Women in Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Name/Party, State/District
Judy Chu Doris Matsui Colleen Hanabusa
Judy Chu (D) Doris Matsui (D) Colleen Hanabusa (D)
California 32 California 5 Hawaii 1
     
Mazie Hirono    
Mazie Hirono (D)    
Hawaii 2    


Asian American Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office
Nikki Haley    
Nikki Haley (R)
Governor
South Carolina		    

  
Asian American Woman Mayor (100 largest cities)
Jean Quan  
Jean Quan
Oakland, CA 		 

Asian American Women in State Legislatures

St/District

Name/Party

Office
AZ 10 Kimberyly Yee (R) St. Rep.
CA 21 Carol Lui (D) St. Sen.

CA 08

Mariko Yamada (D)

St. Assem.

CA 12

Fiona Ma (D)

St. Assem.

CA 18

Mary Hayashi (D)

St. Assem.
HI 01 Malama Solomon (D) St. Sen.

HI 11

Carol A. Fukunaga (D)

St. Sen.

HI 13

Suzanne “Susie” Chun Oakland (D)

St. Sen.

HI 14

Donna Mercado Kim (D)

St. Sen.
HI 17 Michelle Kidani (D) St. Sen.

HI 21

Maile Shimabukuro (D)

St. Sen.

HI 24

Jill Tokuda (D)

St. Sen.
HI 25 Pohai Ryan (D) St. Sen.

HI 04

Faye P. Hanohano (D)

St. Rep.

HI 13

Mele Carroll (D)

St. Rep.
HI 16 Daynette Morikawa (D) St. Rep.

HI 19

Barbara C. Marumoto (R)

St. Rep.

HI 25

Della Au Belatti (D)

St. Rep.

HI 26

Sylvia J. Luke (D)

St. Rep.

HI 27

Corinne Wei Lan Ching (R)

St. Rep.
HI 31 Linda Ichiyama (D) St. Rep.

HI 40

Sharon Har (D)

St. Rep.

HI 42

Rida T.R. Cabanilla-Arakawa (D)

St. Rep.

HI 43

Kymberly Marcos Pine (R)

St. Rep.

HI 44

Karen Leinani Awana (R)

St. Rep.
ID 017/B Susan B. Chew (D) St. Rep.
MA Bris12 Keiko Orrall (R) St. Rep.
MD 15 Aruna Miller (D) St. Del.

MD 16

Susan C. Lee (D)

St. Del.

MD 26

Kris Valderrama (D)

St. Del.

NY 22

Grace Meng (D)

St. Assem.
TX 112 Angie Chen Button (R) St. Rep.
VT Chit3-4 Kesha Ram (D) St. Rep.
WA 32 Cindy Ryu (D) St. Rep.

WA 37-1

Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)

St. Rep.