Rui Xu | |
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Member of the KansasHouseofRepresentatives from the 25th district | |
Assumed office January 8, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Melissa Rooker |
Personal details | |
Born | Rui Xu 1989 (age 34–35) Switzerland |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Kearsha |
Occupation | Sports analyst |
Rui Xu (born 1989 in Switzerland) [1] is a state representative in the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 25th district. He is the first Chinese American person to ever serve in the Kansas Legislature and the only naturalized citizen and only Asian American currently serving.
Rui was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives for the first time in 2018,beating incumbent Melissa Rooker with 50.5% of the vote. [2] He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States). In 2020 and 2022,he ran unopposed and was re-elected.
2019-2020 Kansas House Committee Assignments [3] [4]
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