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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st district | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Furse |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Michelle Wu (filed for separation) |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, Yale University |
| Occupation | attorney |
| Website | David Wu at house.gov |
David Wu (Chinese: 吳振偉; pinyin: Wú Zhènwěi; born April 8, 1955) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Oregon's First Congressional District. The first district includes part of western Multnomah County and all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington Counties. As an ethnic Han Chinese from Taiwan, Wu is the first Taiwanese American member of Congress.
Personal
Wu's parents were from Suzhou in Jiangsu province in mainland China; they settled in Taiwan due to the Chinese Civil War. Wu was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan in 1955, and the family moved to the United States in 1961. He spent his first two years in the U.S. in Latham, New York, where his family were the only Asian Americans in town.
Wu received a bachelor of science degree from Stanford University in 1977, and attended Harvard Medical School (where he shared an apartment with Bill Frist), but dropped out. Instead, Wu received a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School in 1982. 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 married Michelle Maxine Wu in 1996 and the couple has two children. In December 2009, he filed for separation from his wife, citing irreconcilable differences.
Allegations of Sexual Abuse
Three weeks prior to the 2004 elections, The Oregonian published an article reporting that Wu had been accused of sexually assaulting an ex-girlfriend while attending Stanford. Criminal charges were never filed, but the story prompted Wu to hold a press conference apologizing for "inexcusable behavior".
U.S. Congress
Wu was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998, succeeding Democrat Elizabeth Furse, and began serving in 1999 with the 106th Congress. He won re-election in 2000, defeating state senator Charles Starr in the November election with 58% of the vote to 39% for Starr. Wu won re-election in 2004 over Republican Goli Ameri, in 2006 over Oregon state representative Derrick Kitts and two minor party candidates, and in 2008 with no Republican candidate running, he captured 71% of the vote to win a sixth term over four minor party candidates.
He is a member of the Executive Board for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and served as Chair from January 2001 to January 2004. He is also a member of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), a group of moderate Democrats in the House.
Committee assignments
References
- Schmitt, Eric (1999-07-28). "House Renews China's Trading Benefits". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-09-02.
- Lydgate, Chris (1999-08-11). "A Question of Conscience". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2006-09-13.
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Nishioka, Joyce (1999-07-15). "David Wu in the House!". Asian Week. Retrieved 2006-09-13.
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- "Congressman Wu files for separation from wife". The Oregonian. December 28, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
- Brown, Fred (January 1, 2006). "Did sexual abuse story cross the line of fairness?". The Quill.
- Cole, Michelle (November 3, 2004), "Wu Cruises to 4th Term in Bitter Race", The Oregonian, archived from the original on November 3, 2004
- 2000 U.S. House of Representatives Results. U.S. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
External links
- U.S. Congressman David Wu official U.S. House site
- David Wu for Congress official campaign site
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Profile at Vote Smart
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- Living people
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Oregon
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Oregon Democrats
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- Stanford University alumni
- Taiwanese immigrants to the United States
- Yale Law School alumni