David Wu
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Wu was born in Taiwan, and moved to the United States with his family in 1961. He received a bachelor of science degree from Stanford University in 1977 and attended medical school at Harvard University. He received a law degree from Yale in 1982. He is the first Taiwanese-American to be elected to the US Congress.
Prior to being elected a US Representative he served as a clerk for a federal judge and co-founded a law firm, Cohen & Wu, which primarily served the high tech sector in Oregon's "Silicon Forest."
Wu was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998, replacing fellow Democrat Elizabeth Furse, and began serving in 1999 with the 106th Congress. He serves on the Education and the Workforce, and Science committees. Wu was a delegate for Oregon at the 2000 Democratic National Convention.
His wife's name is Michelle.
In the 2004 election, he was challenged by Goli Ameri, a Republican Iranian-American. On October 12, 2004, Congressman Wu admitted that he had been disciplined for sexual misconduct by Stanford officials while a student at the school in 1976. Ameri chose to exploit (http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1099572916286170.xml) the issue heavily in her campaign, a decision that many cited as a factor in her surprising double-digit loss.
Many believe that Wu will face a strong Democratic challenger in the 2006 primary.
External links
- Official website (http://www.house.gov/wu/)
| Preceded by: Elizabeth Furse | U.S. Representative of Oregon's 1st Congressional District 1999- | Succeeded by: Incumbent |