Biography:

David Wu was born in Taiwan and is the only U.S. House member to have been born in the self-ruled island.

Wu grew up in California, and earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford in 1977. He then spent time at Harvard Medical School before getting a Yale law degree in 1982. After clerking for a federal judge and working for several large law firms, Wu opened a practice in Portland. The firm specialized in helping form high technology businesses in the Portland area, where the industry has taken a solid hold.

He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1998.

Wu and his wife, Michelle, have a son and a daughter.

Past Campaigns:

The 1998 run for the 1st District U.S. House seat was David Wu's first political campaign. Wu defeated Republican Molly Bordonaro in a closely fought contest, with just 50.1 percent of the vote. He was re-elected in 2000 with 58 percent of the vote and in 2002 with 63 percent of the vote.

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