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Kansen Chu was born on 27 October, 1952 in Taipei, Taiwan, is an American politician from California. Discover Kansen Chu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Computer programmer, restaurant owner, politician
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 27 October, 1952
Birthday 27 October
Birthplace Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality American

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His wife is Daisy Chu

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Kansen Chu Net Worth

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1952

Kansen Chu ( born October 27, 1952) is a Taiwanese-born American politician.

In 1952, Chu was born in Taipei, Taiwan.

Chu earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taipei University of Technology.

Chu earned a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Northridge.

1976

In 1976, Chu moved to the United States.

Chu's wife is Daisy Chu.

They have two children.

Chu and his family live in San Jose, California.

1978

In 1978, Chu became a microdiagnostics microprogrammer at IBM, where he worked for 18 years.

1989

In 1989, Chu became an owner of a Chinese restaurant, until 2007.

2000

In 2000, Chu was defeated by Chuck Reed for the District 4 council seat.

2002

In 2002, Chu began his political career as a member of Berryessa Union School District board of education.

In 2002, Chu was elected to the Berryessa Union School Board.

As a school board member, he championed stronger curricula, better education materials, and improved public access to school board meetings.

Chu has served on the Berryessa Union School Board for 5 years, Santa Clara Valley Metro YMCA, Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation, Shin Shin Education Foundation, and Advisory Board of Californians for Justice.

Kansen has also served on the Santa Clara County Mental Health Board, Private Industry Council under Job Training Partnership Act, Neighborhood Accountability Board of Berryessa, the KNTV Channel 11 Community Board, Asian Law Alliance, and many other advisory commissions and boards.

He continues to serve on the board of Vision New America, dedicated to advancing youth involvement in civics and government.

2007

In his first year on the council (2007), Chu initiated landmark legislation to require citywide green building standards, ban the use of plastic bags, and mandate the installation of automatic heart defibrillators across San Jose.

2014

A Democrat, Chu was a member of the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2020, for the 25th District, which encompasses parts of the South and East Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014, Chu was a San Jose City Councilmember representing District 4.

He is a member of the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.

He was the first Taiwanese-American elected to the San Jose City Council.

2019

In 2019, Chu announced that he would not seek reelection for State Assembly in 2020, instead running for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.

He lost to Otto Lee in the general election.

On February 10, 2021, Chu was appointed to the Berryessa Union School District Board of Trustees to fill a vacant seat.

His current term ends in 2022.

Chu ran for the 24th Assembly district seat in the redrawn 2022 election, but was defeated in the primary by incumbent Alex Lee.

In the 2024 election, Chu is running for 4th district of the San Jose City Council on which he previously served as councilmember from 2007 to 2014.

On May 13, 2019, Chu announced that he would be a candidate for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in 2020.

He will not be seeking reelection to the Assembly.