Ted Lieu (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing California's 36th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Lieu (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent California's 36th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on March 5, 2024.
Lieu won election to the seat in 2014. In the 2018 general election, Lieu defeated Kenneth Wright (R) by a vote of 70 percent to 30 percent. Lieu represented District 28 in the California State Senate from 2011 to 2014.
Lieu was also a Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing the 53rd District from September 2005 to 2010. On February 12, 2009, he announced his candidacy for the statewide office of attorney general, the seat being vacated by Democrat Jerry Brown, who won election as governor in November 2010. He went on to lose the Democratic nomination to San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, after placing fourth with nearly 11 percent of the vote.
Lieu was one of 75 superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention from California. Lieu supported Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
Lieu has received numerous military honors and awards, including many Legislator of the Year awards.
Lieu earned his bachelor's degree in computer and political science from Stanford University in 1991 and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994.
Lieu is a Major in the United States Air Force Reserves. He previously served as an attorney in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Air Force and was a Judicial Clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
