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-{{Infobox State Senator
-| name=Mee Moua
-| image name=Mee Moua Oct 30 2008.jpg
-| imagesize=190px
-| state_senate=Minnesota
-| state=Minnesota
-| district=67th
-| term_start=February 4, 2002
-| term_end=January 3, 2011
-| preceded=[[Randy Kelly]]
-| succeeded=[[John Harrington (politician)|John Harrington]]
-| party=[[Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|Democratic Farmer Labor Party]]
-| birth_date= {{birth date and age |1969|6|30}}
-| birth_place=[[Xiangkhouang Province|Xieng Khouang]], [[Laos]]
-| death_date=
-| death_place=
-| alma_mater=[[Brown University]]<br>[[Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs]]<br>[[University of Minnesota Law School]]
-| spouse=Yee Chang
-| children=3
-| residence=[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
-| religion=
-|}}
-'''Mee Moua''' ([[Romanized Popular Alphabet|RPA]]: '''Qaav Ruom''', born June 30, 1969 in [[Xiangkhouang Province|Xieng Khouang]], [[Laos]]), is a [[Hmong Americans|Hmong American]] politician, and is the former president and executive director of the [[Asian Americans Advancing Justice]] -AAJC(Advancing Justice-AAJC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/news-media/news/former-minnesota-state-senator-mee-moua-lead-aajc|title=Former Minnesota State Senator Mee Moua to Lead AAJC {{!}} Asian Americans Advancing Justice {{!}} AAJC|website=www.advancingjustice-aajc.org|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> She served as the vice president for strategic impact initiatives at the Asian &  Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) from 2011–12,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apiahf.org/press-room/press-releases/apiahf-announces-vice-presidents-strategy-and-impact|title=APIAHF Announces Vice Presidents for Strategy and Impact: APIAHF|last=Forum|first=Asian & Pacific Islander American Health|website=www.apiahf.org|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> and as a member of the Minnesota state senate from 2002-11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200201/29_wilcoxenw_moua/|title=MPR: New senator makes history|last=Radio|first=Minnesota Public|website=news.minnesota.publicradio.org|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.twincities.com/2010/05/17/moua-wont-seek-re-election-in-senate/|title=Moua won’t seek re-election in Senate – Twin Cities|last=Press|first=Pioneer|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> On February 3, 2017, Moua announced her departure from AAJC to "spend more time with her family, for her children and their future, and being the right kind of mom for them."<ref>http://advancingjustice-aajc.org/news-media/press-releases</ref>
-== Early life and education ==
-Moua's father was a [[medic]] in the [[Vietnam War]]. At the end of the war, her family fled to [[Thailand]] when Moua was five years old. In 1978 her family, along with other [[Hmong people|Hmong]] [[refugee]]s, moved to the [[United States]].<ref name="mspmag1">{{cite web |last=Swanson |first=William |url=http://www.mspmag.com/features/features/144166.asp |title=Mee Moua in the Age of Obama &#124; Features &#124; Mpls.St.Paul Magazine + |publisher=Mspmag.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614113637/http://www.mspmag.com/features/features/144166.asp |archivedate=2011-06-14 |df= }}</ref>
-Moua obtained an [[undergraduate]] degree from [[Brown University]], a [[master's degree]] in public policy from the [[Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]], and a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Minnesota Law School]].
-== Minnesota State Senate ==
-Moua was the first [[Hmong American]] woman elected to a state legislature, where she served as a member of the [[Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]]. She represented District 67 in the [[Minnesota Senate]], which includes portions of the city of [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]] in [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]], which is in the [[Twin Cities]] metropolitan area.<ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10744 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Moua, Mee |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref> On May 16, 2010, she announced that she would not run for a third term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_15100073?source=rss |title=Sen. Moua will not run for reelection |publisher=TwinCities.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>
-Moua chaired the Judiciary Committee and held the highest office of any Hmong American politician. She also 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?id=10744|title=Moua, Mee  - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref>
-Moua was first elected with 60 percent of the vote in a special election held on January 29, 2002. She succeeded Senator [[Randy Kelly]], who resigned after being elected [[mayor]] of Saint Paul. She was re-elected in November 2002 and, again, in November 2006.<ref name="state1"/>
-In May 2010, Moua announced that she would not seek re-election.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/05/17/legislative-retirements|title = 21 lawmakers not seeking re-election in Minn. Legislature|last = Nelson|first = Tim|website = www.mprnews.org|access-date = 2016-03-10}}</ref> She said "My decision not to run was about my children and their future, and being the right kind of mom for them."<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2010/09/state-sen-mee-moua-caught-housing-crisis-when-parents-home-foreclosed|title = State Sen. Mee Moua caught in housing crisis when parents' home is foreclosed|website = MinnPost|access-date = 2016-03-10}}</ref>
-=== Campaign finance ===
-In 2002, Moua spent $45,852 on her campaign, including $11,200 in campaign [[matching funds]].<ref name="followthemoney.org">http://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?c-t-eid=13012483&c-t-id=82374#[{1|gro=y,d-eid</ref>  Her opponent in the 2002 race for MN Senate district 67, David Racer (R), received matching funds in the amount of $7,706.<ref name="followthemoney.org"/><ref>{{cite web|title=MN Campaign Finance Board report of 2002 subsidy payments|url=http://www.cfboard.state.mn.us/publicsubsidy/2002PubSubpay.pdf|website=MN Campaign Finance Board}}</ref> In order to receive matching funds a candidate must also raise a specified amount in individual contributions and agree to campaign spending limits.<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 MN Campaign Finance Summary Report|url=http://www.cfboard.state.mn.us/publicsubsidy/2006_Final_Pubsub_Pymt.pdf|website=MN Campaign Finance Board}}</ref>  Moua received individual donor contributions in the amount of $21,599 in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Campaign Finance filings|url=http://reports.cfb.mn.gov/rptViewer/viewRptsCan.php#searchType=Candidate&office=&year=06&regnum=15504&letter=&name=Moua%2C%20Mee&dist=&alpha=0|website=MN Campaign Finance Board}}</ref> In 2006 she only had a single donor who contributed the $500 maximum under Minnesota campaign finance laws.<ref>http://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=9257121&default=contributor</ref>  The majority, $18,899 of her $21,599 in individual contributions, were from individual contributors donating $100 or less.<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Campaign Finance Report|url=http://reports.cfb.mn.gov/rptViewer/viewRptsCan.php#searchType=Candidate&office=&year=06&regnum=15504&letter=&name=Moua%2C%20Mee&dist=&alpha=0|website=MN Campaign Finance Board}}</ref> She received matching funds in the amount of $15,794.<ref>http://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?c-t-eid=13012483&y=2006#[{1|gro=d-eid,y{1|</ref>  Her Republican challenger, Richard Mulkern, received $9,982 in matching funds.<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?c-t-eid=13012483&y=2006#[{1|gro=d-eid,y{1| Follow The Money: Mee Moua campaign contributions 2006]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Campaign Finance Report|url=http://reports.cfb.mn.gov/rptViewer/viewRptsCan.php#searchType=Candidate&office=&year=06&regnum=15504&letter=&name=Moua%2C%20Mee&dist=&alpha=0|website=MN Campaign Finance Board}}</ref>
-=== Per diem criticism ===
-In 2008, Minnesota public records indicated that Moua claimed $21,954 in per diem, the most of any senator, and effectively increased her compensation by 71 percent.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://postbulletin.typepad.com/political_party/2008/01/sen-day-boasts.html|title = Political Notebook: Sen. Day boasts lowest per diem|website = postbulletin.typepad.com|access-date = 2016-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.twincities.com/2008/02/11/lawmaker-per-diems-challenged/|title = Lawmaker per diems challenged – Twin Cities|access-date = 2016-03-10}}</ref> In response to Moua leading the senate with her per diem claims, Republican Senator [[Dick Day]] stated "I don't know how someone like Sen. Moua who lives a few miles from the Capitol can justify to her constituents spending taxpayer dollars so recklessly."<ref>http://postbulletin.typepad.com/political_party/2008/01/sen-day-boasts.html</ref> A study looking at per diem claims from 2009–10, Moua topped the list at $35,136.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/12/per-diems-a-bipartisan-affair/|title = Per diems a bipartisan affair|last = Grovum|first = Jake|website = Politics in Minnesota|language = en-us|access-date = 2016-03-10}}</ref> Also in 2010, CBS News noted that Moua as the top per diem taker.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/01/12/reality-check-2010-senate-house-per-diems/|title = Reality Check: 2010 Senate, House Per Diems|last = Kessler|first = Pat|access-date = 2016-03-10}}</ref>
-== Personal ==
-She is married to Yee Chang, with whom she has three children.
-==See also==
-{{Portal|Asian Americans|Minnesota|Biography|Politics}}
-* [[History of the Hmong in Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]
-* [[Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles|Asian Americans Advancing Justice]]
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
-* [http://www.mnopedia.org/event/election-mee-moua-minnesota-senate-2002 Election of Mee Moua to the Minnesota Senate, 2002 in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia]
-{{MN-legdb|10744}}
-* [http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?mem_id=1039 Senator Moua Web Page]
-* [http://www.asianamerican.net/bios/Moua-Mee.html Who's Who of Asian Americans: Mee Moua Biography]
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110614113637/http://www.mspmag.com/features/features/144166.asp Mpls-St. Paul Magazine Article: Mee Moua in the Age of Obama (February 2009)]
-* [http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200201/29_wilcoxenw_moua/ Minnesota Public Radio: New senator makes history (January 30, 2002)]
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-| title=[[Minnesota Senate|Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 67th District]]
-| before=[[Randy Kelly]]
-| after=[[John Harrington (politician)|John Harrington]]
-| years=2002 &ndash; 2011}}
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-[[Category:1969 births]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Politicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
-[[Category:American politicians of Hmong descent]]
-[[Category:Brown University alumni]]
-[[Category:Minnesota State Senators]]
-[[Category:Minnesota Democrats]]
-[[Category:Women in Minnesota politics]]
-[[Category:Women state legislators in Minnesota]]
-[[Category:University of Minnesota Law School alumni]]
-[[Category:American women of Laotian descent in politics]]
-[[Category:21st-century American politicians]]
-[[Category:21st-century women politicians]]