Political career
Ta served as a city councilor in Westminster before being elected mayor. He became mayor in 2012 and was the city's first Vietnamese-American mayor. [1] [2] Ta was reelected in 2018. He is a Republican and has advocated for the Republican Party to take a greater interest in Vietnamese voters. Vietnamese Americans traditionally voted Republicans,but Democrats have made gains recently,especially in Orange County. [3]
In 2019,Ta attracted publicity for clashing with other members of Westminster's city council. He and fellow council members Kimberly Ho and Chi Charlie Nguyen frequently sparred with the remaining members. Notably,they passed a controversial resolution alleging that the Vietnamese government was improperly interfering in city politics. [4] This dispute culminated in the three voting to change the council's procedures over the objections of other members. [5] Opponents of the three councilors filed for a recall election in response. [6] In April 2020,Ta and his allies survived the recall attempt. [7]
In January 2022,Ta announced his intention to run for election to the California State Assembly in district 70,which was being vacated by incumbent Janet Nguyen. [8] He placed second in the top-two primary in June and faced Garden Grove City Councilwoman Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen in the November general election. [9] That same year,a council dispute over renewing Westminster's sales tax placed the city at risk of bankruptcy. [10] [11] Ta was also censured for false statements he made about other councilors. [12]
In November 2022,Ta won the election to the California State Assembly. He took office in December.
He has supported Donald Trump as U.S. President in the 2024 presidential election. [13]
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