Leezah Sun | |
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| Member of theArizona House of Representatives from the22nd district | |
| In office January 9, 2023 – January 31, 2024 Serving with Lupe Contreras | |
| Preceded by | Ben Toma |
| Succeeded by | Elda Luna-Nájera |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
Leezah Sun (bornc. 1970) is an American politician and activist. She was aDemocratic member of theArizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 22 in 2022.
Sun was bornc. 1970 inJeju City, South Korea to Chinese refugees.[1] In 1977, Sun and her family moved toMichigan.[1]
Sun worked in the pharmaceutical industry on theEast Coast of the United States.[1] She moved to Arizona in 2005 and started a family.[1] She was a stay at home mom.[1] Sun was motivated to volunteer with theAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and the Demand to Learn campaign after her 8 year old son was denied access to gifted educational programs.[1] She registered to vote in 2018.[1] She ran in the2020 Arizona House of Representatives election and ultimately lost to two incumbents.[1] After the election, she was appointed vice chair of the central region of the Arizona Asian American Pacific Islander Democratic Caucus.[1]
During the2022 Arizona House of Representatives election, Sun was elected to represent District 22.[2]
Sun resigned from the Arizona House in January 2024 following the release of an ethics report.[3] The report was released as part of a complaint filed by State House Democratic leaders, and investigators determined that Sun engaged in behavior that others deem to be intimidating or threatening on various occasions, including an incident that happened months before she was sworn to office, as well as injecting herself in a child custody situation in which she was not a party to.[4]
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