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Cheryl Lau | |
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Secretary of State of Nevada | |
In office January 3, 1991 –January 3, 1995 | |
Governor | Bob Miller |
Preceded by | Frankie Sue Del Papa |
Succeeded by | Dean Heller |
Personal details | |
Born | Hawaii Territory | July 4,1944
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Carson City,Nevada |
Cheryl Lau (born July 4,1944) is an American former politician who served as the first Asian-American Republican Secretary of State of Nevada. [1] [2]
Rather than seek re-election,she ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the Nevada gubernatorial election,1994,losing to Jim Gibbons. [3]
1994 (Republican): Secretary of State Cheryl Lau with 32.3 percent losing to Assemblyman Jim Gibbons