Ling Ling Chang

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Chang was elected to the California Assembly in the 55th district in 2014 and had five bills signed into law in her first seven months in office. [6] She also proposed bills seeking to cut business regulations. [8]

Ling Ling Chang
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Member of the California State Senate
from the 29th district
In office
June 25, 2018 –November 30, 2020
California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2014
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ling Ling Chang13,24228.7
Democratic Gregg D. Fritchle12,24326.5
Republican Phillip Chen 10,65923.1
Republican Steve Tye9,98721.6
Total votes46,131 100.0
General election
Republican Ling Ling Chang 54,313 63.7
Democratic Gregg D. Fritchle30,89536.3
Total votes85,208 100.0
Republican hold

2016 State Senate run

Chang was the Republican candidate for California's 29th State Senate district in the 2016 election. She ran against two Democrats, former Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang and veteran Josh Newman to succeed Bob Huff in 2016 due to term limits. [11]

As of October 2016, Chang had raised more than $4 million. [8] She made public comments distancing herself from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. [12] [13] In November 2016, with 49.6% of the vote, Chang lost the general election to Democrat Josh Newman. [14]

California's 29th State Senate district election, 2016 [15]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ling Ling Chang73,51444.0
Democratic Josh Newman 48,75429.2
Democratic Sukhee Kang 44,76626.8
Total votes167,034 100.0
General election
Democratic Josh Newman 160,230 50.4
Republican Ling Ling Chang157,73249.6
Total votes317,962 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2018 State Senate special recall election

On June 5, 2018, Chang won a recall election for the same State Senate seat that she had lost to Josh Newman two years earlier. Newman was targeted for recall by the Republican Party of California in an attempt to break the Democratic super majority in the Senate, though the campaign also emphasized Newman's vote to increase gas and vehicle taxes to fund infrastructure improvements. [16] [4]

California SD-29 (2011).svg
2018 California's 29th State Senate district special recall election
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes91,89258.1
No66,19741.9
Total votes158,089100.00
2018 California's 29th State Senate district special recall election
Successor of Josh Newman if a majority vote in favor of recall
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ling Ling Chang 50,215 33.8
Democratic Joseph Cho  [ ko ]31,72621.4
Republican Bruce Whitaker28,70419.3
Democratic Josh Ferguson17,74512.0
Democratic Kevin Carr12,7138.6
Republican George C. Shen7,4425.0
Total votes148,545 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2020 State Senate election

In 2020 Chang lost the election to serve a full term in the State Senate. She lost the 2020 rematch to Josh Newman by a margin about three times larger than she had lost in 2016.

2020 California's 29th State Senate district election [17] [18]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ling Ling Chang (incumbent)98,68747.4
Democratic Josh Newman 69,73233.5
Democratic Joseph Cho  [ ko ]39,64319.1
Total votes208,062 100.0
General election
Democratic Josh Newman 214,456 51.3
Republican Ling Ling Chang (incumbent)203,76248.7
Total votes418,218 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Personal life

Chang is married to Andrew Wong, an attorney. [1]

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  4. 1 2 "Special Recall Election". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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