Rui Xu Explained

Rui Xu
Birth Name:Rui Xu
Birth Place:Switzerland
State House:Kansas
District:25th
Predecessor:Melissa Rooker
Term Start:January 8, 2019
Occupation:Sports analyst
Spouse:Kearsha
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:University of Southern California[1]

Rui Xu (born 1989 in Switzerland)[2] is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 25th district. He is the first Chinese American to serve in the Kansas Legislature as well as the only naturalized citizen and the only Asian American currently serving.

Political career

Rui was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives for the first time in 2018, defeating incumbent Melissa Rooker with 50.5% of the vote.[3] In 2020 and 2022, he ran unopposed and was re-elected.

2019-2020 Kansas House Committee Assignments[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet Rui . Rui Xu for Kansas.
  2. Web site: Meet Rui - Rui Xu for Kansas . www.ruixuforkansas.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191006135627/https://www.ruixuforkansas.com/meet-rui/ . 6 October 2019 . dead.
  3. Web site: Johnson County Election Results 2018.
  4. Web site: Representative Rui Xu . Kslegislature.org . 2019-12-20 . 2019-12-26.
  5. Web site: Brandon Woodard Twitter . Twitter . 2019-12-26.

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