March Fong Eu
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| March Fong Eu | |
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| In office 1975 – 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Jerry Brown |
| Succeeded by | Tony Miller |
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| Born | 1922 Oakdale, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Henry Eu |
| Profession | Dentist |
March Kong Fong Eu (Chinese: 江月桂, pinyin: Jiāng Yuèguì) (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.
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| Preceded by Nicholas C. Petris |
California State Assemblywoman, 15th District 1967-1974 |
Succeeded by S. Floyd Mori |
| Preceded by Jerry Brown |
California Secretary of State 1974-1994 |
Succeeded by Tony Miller |
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