Mike Eng

Mike Eng
California State Assembly District 49
Incumbent
In office
2006-Present
Term ends
December 6, 2012
Years in position	7
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$95,290.56 per year
Per diem	$141.86 per day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
First elected	November 2006
Next election	November 6, 2012
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
Prior offices
Mayor, Monterey Park
2004-2005
Education
Bachelor's	University of Hawaii
Master's	University of Hawaii
J.D.	University of California, Los Angeles
Personal
Profession	Instructor/Attorney
Websites
Office website

Mike Eng is a Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing the 49th District since 2006.

Eng is an instructor at a community college, and works as an attorney for Eng & Nishimura.

He previously served on the Monterey Park City Council and was Mayor from 2004-2005.

Eng is a member of the Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Garfield Medical Center, Los Angeles 80/20, and West San Gabriel Valley Boys and Girls Club.

Issues

Political Courage test

Eng did not provide answers to the California State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test provides voters with how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.

Legislative scorecard

Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score. ,

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Eng ranked as a 94.

Sponsored legislation

Eng's sponsored legislation includes:

• AB 404 - Income taxes: exemption: charitable organization
• AB 756 - Public contracts: information: Internet Web sites
• AB 1224 - Vehicles: hit and run violations: animals

For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Eng has been appointed to these committees:

• Banking and Finance Committee, California General Assembly, Chair
• Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee, California General Assembly
• Education Committee, California General Assembly
• Health Committee, California General Assembly
• Transportation Committee, California General Assembly

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Eng served on these committees:

• Business and Professions Committee, California General Assembly
• Education Committee, California General Assembly
• Housing and Community Development Committee, California General Assembly
• Select Committee on Inland Empire Transportation Issues
• Labor and Employment Committee, California General Assembly
• Select Committee on Procurement
• Select Committee on Rail Transportation
• Transportation Committee, California General Assembly (Chair)

Elections

2012

Eng is not running for re-election to the 49th District Seat in 2012. He and his wife, Representative Judy Chu, have thrown their support behind candidate Edwin Chau.

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Eng won re-election to the 49th District Seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the June 8 primary. He defeated Republican Brad Jonathan Taylor in the November 2 general election.

California State Assembly, District 49 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Mike Eng (D)		46,841
Brad Jonathan Taylor (R)		21,148

2008

In 2008 Eng was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 49. Eng (D) finished with 62,418 votes while his opponent Esthella Siegrist (R) finished with 30,511 votes.

California State Assembly District 49
Candidates		Votes
Mike Eng (D)		62,418
Esthella Siegrist (R)		30,511

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, Eng raised $897,137 in contributions.

His four largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
California Teachers Association	$15,600
California Association Of Realtors	$11,700
California State Council Of Laborers	$10,000
Professional Engineers In California Government	$8,500

2008

Below are Eng's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:

Contributor	2008 total
California Teachers Association	$14,400
California State Council of Service Employees	$14,400
CA Labor Federation	$11,200
CA State Council of Laborers	$10,800
CA Medical Assoc	$10,700

Recent news

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Mike Eng News Feed

• Senators Coons, Moran, Stabenow and Murkowski Re-Introduce Bill to Level the ... - Power Engineering Magazine

District 49

After the 2010 redistricting, District 49 became the first state or federal district with an Asian American majority with 50.09% of eligible voters being Asian Americans.

Personal

Eng is married to U.S. House representative Judy Chu.

External links

Suggest a link

• Official state assembly website of Mike Eng
• Legislative profile of Mike Eng on Project Vote Smart
• Biographical profile of Mike Eng on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006

References

Political offices
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