Hoan Huynh

Hoan Huynh (born 1990) is an American politician and Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Huynh has represented the 13th district since January 11, 2023. He is the first Vietnamese American to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.

Early life and education Huynh was born in Vietnam to Vietnamese Chinese parents. His family, members of which fought for South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, were granted asylum in the United States in the early 1990s and lived in southern California. He attended Yale University for a bachelor's in sociology with concentrations in economics and anthropology in 2012, then studied for a year at King's College, Cambridge, followed by a master's in policy from Harvard University in 2014, and further graduate coursework at the University of Chicago.

Electoral history In the 2022 general election, Huynh defeated Republican candidate Alper Turan with 36,347 votes to Turan's 3,821 votes. Huynh was re-elected in the 2024 general election, with 46,432 votes; his Republican opponent, Terry Nguyen Le, received 6,510 votes.

In 2024, Huynh ran for one of seven delegate seats to the Democratic Party's National Nominating Convention for Illinois's ninth Congressional District.

In 2025, Huynh announced his intention to run for the Democratic primary for the ninth Congressional district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Illinois House of Representatives On October 21, 2025, Huynh was stopped by US Customs and Border Patrol agents in Albany Park, a neighborhood in his district, while alerting neighbors to the presence of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the area. Huynh released video taken by his staff of his car being surrounded by agents, one of whom Huynh alleged aimed their gun at him.

Electoral results