What is March Fong Eu?
'''March Kong Fong Eu''' ({{zh|c=余江月桂|j=Jyu4 Gong1 Jyut6 Gwai3|p=Yú Jiāng Yuèguì}}; March 29, 1922 – December 21, 2017) was an American politician. She was a member of the [[California State Assembly]] and went on to serve as [[Secretary of State of California]]. She was born in [[Oakdale, California]]. She served under the governships on [[Jerry Brown]], [[Pete Wilson]] and [[George Deukmejian]]. Eu was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. In 1987 Eu was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]], running against [[Leo McCarthy]] for the right to challenge the Republican [[incumbent]], [[Pete Wilson]]. Eu dropped out later that year.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-29/news/mn-17495_1_senate-race | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Eu Drops Out of Senate Race | date=29 October 1987}}</ref> [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] appointed Eu as [[United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia]] in 1994. She served in that post until 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eu-march-fong|title=Office of the Historian|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> Eu died on December 21, 2017 in [[Irvine, California]] following surgery after suffering a fall, at age 95.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://beta.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-march-fong-eu-20171222-story.html#nt=oft07a-17gp1|title = March Fong Eu, pioneering Asian American politician who was longtime California secretary of state, dies at 95|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = December 22, 2017|access-date = December 21, 2017|last = Luther|first = Claudia}}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eu, March Fong}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from