Janet Nguyen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Janet Nguyen
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	May 1, 1976(1976-05-01)
Age	48
Birthplace	Ho Chi Minh City
Country	Vietnam
Horoscope	Taurus

Janet Nguyen Biography

Janet Nguyen is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 1, 1976 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Nguyen was born May 1, 1976 in Saigon (South Vietnam), approximately one year after the fall of Saigon. When she was five years old, her family joined millions of other boat people to become boat people. They arrived in California in 1981. They lived first in San Bernardino but eventually settled in Garden Grove in the early 1990s. After being inspired by Bill Steiner, she enrolled at the University of California in Irvine to become a doctor. She later went on to major in political science. She is married Tom Bonikowski, Jr., and they have two sons, Thomas III, and Timothy.

His supervisorial position was left vacant by the election of Supervisor Lou Correa as California State Senate member in 2006. Ten candidates applied for the seat in February 2007, including three Vietnamese Americans who were all Republicans. Although the 1st district supervisorial seat is not officially non-partisan (although Tom Umberg, a California State Assemblyman who had just left office two month prior), was the leading candidate. Umberg was a Democrat with the full support from the labor unions. Although the Republican Party didn’t officially endorse any candidate, party leaders were supporting Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante.

In 2014, incumbent Democratic state Senator Lou Correa was term-limited, creating a vacancy. Republican leaders quickly rallied around Nguyen while the state Democratic establishment rallied around former state Assemblyman Jose Solorio. The ensuing election was the most expensive in the state, and at times featured accusations and aggressive negative advertising. The vote was expected to be close, but Nguyen won the November election by a 58% to 42% margin, surprising even her fellow Republicans. She became the first State Senator of Vietnamese ancestry in American history.

On February 23, 2017, Senator Nguyen was forcibly removed from the Senate floor on Thursday morning during an attempt to criticize the late California Sen. Tom Hayden and called him a communist. She rose to criticize his stance as “an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War [who] made celebrated trips to North Vietnam and Cambodia, offering to help broker a peaceful end.” She spoke first in Vietnamese and then in English, all whilst repeatedly being told by presiding Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, that she was out of order. After she continued speaking her microphone was turned off. Senator Nguyen continued anyway, and Lara later ordered a sergeant-at-arms to escort her out of the room. The entire episode was caught on video, and elicited serious criticism from the Senate GOP Caucus, particularly in the shadow of a similar censure of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren during the confirmation hearings of Jeff Sessions. For her actions the Los Angeles Times referred to Nguyen as “a rising Republican star”, while the Huffington Post supported the actions of the legislative body to stop Nguyen from speaking with an article sourced with an aforementioned Los Angeles Times article.

Trung Nguyen’s attorneys filed a lawsuit challenging the recount. They claimed that the Registrar of Voters had improperly voided Trung Nguyen’s votes and instead awarded votes to Janet Nguyen during the recount. In the midst of the lawsuit, the Board of Supervisors delayed Janet Nguyen’s induction. She was voted the winner by 3 votes on March 26. On March 27, 2007, she was sworn in as an officer.

Janet Nguyen Net Worth

Janet Nguyen is one of the richest Politician from Vietnam. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Janet Nguyen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Janet Q. Nguyen, born May 1, 1976, is an American politician who was a member of the California State Senate. She was a Republican and represented the 34th District, which included parts of Long Beach as well as Orange County. She is the nation’s first Vietnamese American state senator and the country’s first Vietnamese American woman legislator.

It was widely believed that Janet Nguyen would have to contest the November 2008 election due to the closeness of her 2007 election. Janet Nguyen, who won 56.6% in June 2008’s election, was able to avoid a November runoff. Garden Grove Councilwoman Dina Nguyen was a Republican who won 27.7% of votes, while Democratic activist Hoa Van Tran got 15.7%.

She won her supervisor seat following a historic special election where two Vietnamese-American candidates received half of the total votes cast in a field of 10, separated from each other by only 7 votes. She was sworn in on March 27, 2007, after a lengthy court battle. She won a full, four-year term in 2008 in another historic election when all three major candidates were Vietnamese Americans. She was reelected to a third term in 2012. In a major upset, she was narrowly defeated by former Assemblyman Tom Umberg in the 2018 elections.

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Who is Janet Nguyen Dating?

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