Tri Ta
Tạ Đức Trí
Official portrait, 2022
Member of theCalifornia State Assembly from the70th district
Incumbent
Assumed office December 5, 2022
Preceded by	Patrick O'Donnell
Mayor ofWestminster
In office 2012–2022
Preceded by	Margie Rice
Succeeded by	Chi Charlie Nguyen
Personal details
Born	(1973-04-10)April 10, 1973 (age 52) Saigon,South Vietnam (nowVietnam)
Party	Republican
Alma mater	California State University, Los Angeles (BA)

Tri Ta (born April 10, 1973) is aVietnamese-born American politician currently serving as a member of theCalifornia State Assembly. He represents Assembly District 70, which consists of much of theLittle Saigon area of northwesternOrange County. He previously served as Mayor ofWestminster, California.

Ta was born in Saigon inVietnam (nowHo Chi Minh City). In 1992, he and his parents immigrated to the United States as refugees. Ta was 19 at the time.^[1]

He attendedCalifornia State University, Los Angeles and earned aBachelor of Arts in Political Science.^[1]

Ta served as a city councilor in Westminster before being elected mayor. He became mayor in 2012 and was the city's first Vietnamese-American mayor.^[1][2] Ta was reelected in 2018. He is a Republican and has advocated for the Republican Party to take a greater interest in Vietnamese voters. Vietnamese Americans traditionally voted Republicans, but Democrats have made gains recently, especially in Orange County.^[3]

In 2019, Ta attracted publicity for clashing with other members of Westminster's city council. He and fellow council members Kimberly Ho and Chi Charlie Nguyen frequently sparred with the remaining members. Notably, they passed a controversial resolution alleging that the Vietnamese government was improperly interfering in city politics.^[4] This dispute culminated in the three voting to change the council's procedures over the objections of other members.^[5] Opponents of the three councilors filed for a recall election in response.^[6] In April 2020, Ta and his allies survived the recall attempt.^[7]

In January 2022, Ta announced his intention to run for election to theCalifornia State Assembly in district 70, which was being vacated by incumbentJanet Nguyen.^[8] He placed second in the top-two primary in June and facedGarden GroveCity Councilwoman Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen in the November general election.^[9] That same year, a council dispute over renewing Westminster's sales tax placed the city at risk of bankruptcy.^[10][11] Ta was also censured for false statements he made about other councilors.^[12]

In November 2022, Ta won the election to represent the 70th district in the California State Assembly.^[13] He took office in December.

As a delegate for Trump, Ta has supportedDonald Trump asU.S. President in the2024 presidential election.^[14]

Westminster, California mayoral recall election, 2020

Choice	Votes	%
No	10,165	59.32
Yes	6,970	40.68
Total votes	17,135	100.00
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters[16]

• 1973 births
• 21st-century mayors of places in California
• 21st-century members of the California State Legislature
• American mayors of Asian descent
• Asian-American state legislators in California
• Asian conservatism in the United States
• California politicians of Vietnamese descent
• California Republicans
• Living people
• People from Westminster, California
• Republican Party members of the California State Assembly
• Vietnamese emigrants to the United States

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