MARCH FONG EU
Name: March Kong Fong Eu
Born: 1922 Oakdale, California
March Kong Fong Eu (born March 29, 1922 in Oakdale, California)
is an American politician of the Democratic Party. She
earned a B.S. in dentistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1943,
an M.A. from Mills College, and a Ed.D. from Stanford University in 1954.
In 1966, Eu (then March K. Fong) was elected to the California State Assembly,
representing Oakland and Castro Valley for four terms. She was elected
California Secretary of State in 1974, the first Asian American woman ever
elected to a state constitutional office in the United States. Eu was the only
female Secretary of State in California history until 2006, when voters elected
Debra Bowen. Eu was elected Secretary of State five times. In 1978, she won
every county in the state, even heavily Republican Orange County, one of only
four Democrats to win the county in a statewide race in the last half century.
Eu was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia in 1994. In 2002 she ran again
for Secretary of State, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary to eventual
winner Kevin Shelley. In 2003, she filed a Statement of Intention to run for
Governor in California during the recall election of Gray Davis. She eventually
withdrew.
Her adopted son, Matt Fong, is a Republican who has served as California State
Treasurer.
Eu lives in both Sacramento and Singapore; she lives with her second husband
Henry Eu, a multimillionaire industrialist.
Name: March Kong Fong Eu
Born: 1922 Oakdale, California
March Kong Fong Eu (born March 29, 1922 in Oakdale, California)
is an American politician of the Democratic Party. She
earned a B.S. in dentistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1943,
an M.A. from Mills College, and a Ed.D. from Stanford University in 1954.
In 1966, Eu (then March K. Fong) was elected to the California State Assembly,
representing Oakland and Castro Valley for four terms. She was elected
California Secretary of State in 1974, the first Asian American woman ever
elected to a state constitutional office in the United States. Eu was the only
female Secretary of State in California history until 2006, when voters elected
Debra Bowen. Eu was elected Secretary of State five times. In 1978, she won
every county in the state, even heavily Republican Orange County, one of only
four Democrats to win the county in a statewide race in the last half century.
Eu was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia in 1994. In 2002 she ran again
for Secretary of State, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary to eventual
winner Kevin Shelley. In 2003, she filed a Statement of Intention to run for
Governor in California during the recall election of Gray Davis. She eventually
withdrew.
Her adopted son, Matt Fong, is a Republican who has served as California State
Treasurer.
Eu lives in both Sacramento and Singapore; she lives with her second husband
Henry Eu, a multimillionaire industrialist.