Mee Moua wins Minnesota Senate seat
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In St. Paul, Minnesota, legislative candidate Mee Moua (LBJ Class of 1994) (right) and one of her campaign's volunteer coordinators greet passing motorists. Photo ©2002 Star Tribune/Minneapolis-St. Paul |
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Mee Moua (LBJ Class of 1994) became the nation's first Hmong legislator on January 29, winning a seat in the Minnesota Senate. Moua will represent St. Paul's East Side, where she succeeded in galvanizing support from the Hmong community through a vigorous grassroots campaign. She won 51 percent of the vote in the four-person race.
In an article that appeared in the Star Tribune on February 1, Moua is described as charismatic, energetic, and "inspired to public service by the late Barbara Jordan at the LBJ School."
Now a lawyer and a lobbyist, Moua was born in war-torn Laos in 1969, escaped to Thailand with her family at the age of five, and lived in a refugee camp before coming to the United States. She resettled in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1978 and eventually moved to St. Paul with her family in 1988.
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May 13, 2002
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