Anna Song (politician)
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Anna Song | |
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| Member of the Santa Clara County School Board | |
| In office 2000–2020 | |
| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | South Korea |
| Residence | Santa Clara, California |
| Education | Franciscan University of Steubenville (BA) |
Anna E. Song is a South Korean-born American politician who served on the Santa Clara County School Board for twenty years. She is best known for being California's first female South Korean-born elected official.
Political career[]
Originally being elected to the Santa Clara County School Board[1] in November 2000, Song served as Board president in 2004, and she won overwhelming re-election to a second four-year Board term that fall. Her reelection to the Board in 2008 was a more contested race — Song prevailed with 53.73% of the vote against Milpitas City Councilwoman Carmen Montano. Song also won re-election in 2012 against Berryessa School Board Member David Neighbors — earning 58% of the vote despite more than a quarter million dollars ($250,000) spent against her in the campaign. Anna Song was awarded the prestigious John F. Kennedy, Jr. Award from the California Democratic Party in 2002.
2020 California Assembly run[]
On May 12, 2019, Song announced that she would a candidate for the California State Assembly in 2020. She ran to succeed incumbent Kansen Chu, who was not seeking reelection.[2] She was defeated in the March 3 primary.[3] That same year, she was defeated in her reelection bid for Santa Clara County School Board by .
Song, a resident of Santa Clara, California, is the mother of Nicholas and Timothy. Song holds a BA from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and has completed graduate courses at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, California.
External links[]
- Biography on the Santa Clara County Office of Education web site
- Santa Clara County Board of Education willing to foreclose on former superintendent
- Mercury News editorial: Santa Clara County board should renegotiate mortgage with De La Torre
References[]
- Living people
- American women of Korean descent in politics
- Asian-American people in California politics
- California politicians of Korean descent
- Franciscan University of Steubenville alumni
- People from Santa Clara, California
- South Korean emigrants to the United States
- 21st-century American women politicians