March Fong Eu, pioneering Asian American politician who was longtime California secretary of state, dies at 95
by Claudia Luther, Los Angeles Times
Dec 22, 2017
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LOS ANGELES - March Fong Eu, who was five times elected as California's secretary of state after coming to voter attention 30 years ago with her populist campaign to ban pay toilets from public buildings, has died at age 95.
Eu, who was the first woman to serve as California secretary of state and the first Chinese American to hold a constitutional office in California, died Thursday after complications from surgery following a fall at her home in Irvine, said Caren Lagomarsino, Eu's longtime spokeswoman.
"She was such an exemplary role model and
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