Madison Nguyen
- January 11, 2024
- American Politician
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Madison Nguyen Biography
Birthday | Jan 10 |
Birth Year | 1975 |
Madison Nguyen is one of the most popular and richest American Politician who was born on January 10, 1975 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Madison earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She also received a master’s from the University of Chicago. In 2000, she returned to California to complete her Ph.D. in Sociology at UC Santa Cruz.
After several months of protests in front City Hall, the council decided to repeal the name “Saigon Business District”, but did not rename it “Little Saigon”. Instead, they suggested establishing a process where business owners could choose their district names. However, anger against Nguyen remained. The Recall Madison Nguyen committee submitted recall papers against Nguyen on April 22 2008. The petition was approved for the March 3rd 2009 ballot on October 9th, after it had received more than 150% valid signatures. The recall effort was rejected by voters with 55-45% votes on March 3, 2009. Nguyen was reelected a year later. In 2011, Mayor Chuck Reed nominated her and she was unanimously approved by the city council as Vice Mayor. She is also the first Vietnamese Vice-Mayor in San Jose’s history.
Nguyen announced in 2014 that she was a candidate for mayor. She came in third in the June 2014 primary election to select the top two candidates for the November general election, with 20.26% of the vote, thereby ending her campaign.
In April 2015, Madison Nguyen announced her intention to run for California State Assembly District 27, an open seat being vacated by term-limited Nora Campos. The Primary election was in June 2016, followed by a November general election, which coincided with the next presidential contest. Nguyen began rolling out her campaign platform soon after her announcement. Her first significant proposal was to support a new University of California campus, and to locate it in San Jose. Her first notable endorsement came from San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo. Other declared candidates included San Jose City Councilmember Ash Kalra, Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Darcie Green, activist Cong Do, and Republican Van Le.
Madison Nguyen, an American politician from California, is Madison Nguyen. From 2005 to 2014 she represented District 7 on the San Jose City Council. She also served as Vice Mayor between 2011 and 2014. She was the first Vietnamese American to be elected to the city council. Madison is currently the Executive Vice President (EVP) of The Silicon Valley Organization. Also known as the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, Madison serves as an EVP. She is the EVP and responsible for driving and implementing the organization’s economic, community, and political policy.
Madison Nguyen Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | American Politician |
House | Living in own house. |
Madison Nguyen is one of the richest American Politician from Vietnam. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Madison Nguyen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Nguyen became more involved in politics while she was a sociology professor at De Anza College. In 2001, Nguyen and other members of the Vietnamese community organised a voter drive that saw nearly 5,000 voters register to vote for the very first time. In the hope that her election would encourage Vietnamese Americans into local politics, she ran for a seat on Franklin-McKinley District Board of Education. She became one of two Vietnamese-American school board members elected to office in the United States after her win. Lan Nguyen, of Garden Grove in Southern California’s Orange County, was the other candidate. Nguyen organized protests to support Bich Cau Thi Trn, a Vietnamese women who was shot to death by a San Jose officer. This brought her to the attention of the Vietnamese American community. Nguyen felt that the incident was being ignored and organized a rally which saw nearly 300 people.
In September 2005 she ran for City Council in a special election to succeed Terry Gregory in District 7. The Vietnamese Americans made up less than 10% in San Jose at that time and turned out in record numbers to support Madison Nguyen & Linda Nguyen in the June primary election. This helped them surpass seven other candidates. Madison Nguyen received 44% and Linda Nguyen (27%), 27% of the primary vote. Madison Nguyen won the run-off with 62% of the votes, beating Linda Nguyen. She will be the first Vietnamese American to sit on San Jose’s City Council.
Nguyen’s support from the Vietnamese American community suffered a sharp reversal in early January 2008, in a controversy over whether an area of a Story Road in her council district with a large percentage of Vietnamese retailers should be named as “Little Saigon” or “Saigon Business District”. Little Saigon is a common name used for various other Vietnamese-American commercial enclaves, particularly known in Orange County, California. Nguyen suggested the name “Saigon Business District” after she heard from different groups in her council district who wanted the word “New” to be included in the name, indicating a new life in America after they left their homeland. She thought Saigon Business District was a good compromise between Little Saigon and New Saigon so she recommended Saigon Business District as the name for the designation. Supporters of the Little Saigon denounced Nguyen as a traitor to the community because she did not support what they deemed as the “majority” of the Vietnamese community supported, which was “Little Saigon.” The City Council voted to name the business district as Saigon Business District.
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Who is Madison Nguyen Dating?
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Madison Ranked on the list of most popular American Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Vietnam. Madison Nguyen celebrates birthday on January 10 of every year.