12 Facts About Mee Moua

Mee Moua graduated from Xavier High School, Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1988.

Mee Moua was first elected to the Minnesota State Senate with 51 percent of the vote in a special election held in January 2002.

Mee Moua was re-elected in November 2002 and, again, in November 2006.

Mee Moua became the first Hmong American woman elected to a state legislature, where she served as a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Mee Moua chaired the Judiciary Committee and held the highest office of any Hmong American politician.

Mee Moua served on the senate's Taxes and Transportation committees, and was a member of the Finance subcommittee for the Public Safety Budget Division and the Transportation Budget and Policy Division, of the Judiciary Subcommittee for Data Practices, and of the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property Tax Division.

In May 2010, Mee Moua announced that she would not seek re-election.

In 2002, Mee Moua spent $45,852 on her campaign, including $11,200 in campaign matching funds.

Mee Moua received individual donor contributions in the amount of $21,599 in 2006.

Mee Moua received matching funds in the amount of $15,794.

In 2008, Minnesota public records indicated that Mee Moua claimed $21,954 in per diem, the most of any senator, and effectively increased her compensation by 71 percent.

Mee Moua is married to Yee Chang, with whom she has three children.