Cheryl Lau (born July 4, 1944) is an American former politician who served as the first Asian-American Republican
Secretary of State of Nevada.
[https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/sos-information/office-facts/previous-secretaries-of-state ]
Rather than seek re-election, she ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the
Nevada gubernatorial election, 1994
The 1994 Nevada gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democrat Bob Miller (Nevada governor), Bob Miller won re-election to a second term as List of Governors of Nevada, Governor of Nevada, defeating Republican nominee J ...
, losing to
Jim Gibbons.
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1944 births
American politicians of Chinese descent
American women of Chinese descent in politics
Nevada Republicans
Asian-American people in Nevada politics
Living people
Women in Nevada politics
20th-century American women politicians
20th-century American politicians
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