Elisa Chan

Elisa Chan is a Taiwanese-American politician and businesswoman who has served as a member for District 9 of the San Antonio City Council in San Antonio, Texas. She was a candidate in the 2022 Republican primary for the Texas House of Representatives.

Early life and education Chan was born in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1966 to Chinese parents. She was raised in Taiwan and Brazil before she and her family moved to China in 1980. She and Hew married in 1994. She easily won reelection several times.

In August 2013, the San Antonio Express-News published a report based on a secretly-recorded May 21 conversation between Chan and a colleague about a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance designed to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents from discrimination in which she made a variety of comments, including a reference to the LGBTQ community as "disgusting"; this occurred several months prior to the city council debating the proposed human rights ordinance. and her comments received national attention from the media. she voted against the ordinance in September, and the ordinance passed 8–3.

In October 2013, Chan announced her resignation from the city council effective October 18 after stating in September that she would run against the incumbent Tea Party Republican Donna Campbell in Texas Senate District 25.

In 2022, Chan competed in the Republican primary for the vacant seat in Texas House District 122 following the retirement of State Representative Lyle Larson. In the March 2022 primary, she received the most votes with 37 percent of the vote. A runoff election on May 24 was required because no candidate reached 50 percent. She did not win the runoff election.

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