Gene Wu
Gene Wu | |
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Wu in 2017 | |
| Minority Leader of the Texas House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Trey Martinez Fischer |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 137th district | |
| Assumed office January 8, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Hochberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eugene Yuanzhi Wu March 23, 1978 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Miya Shay (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Texas A&M University (BS) University of Texas at Austin (MPA) South Texas College of Law (JD) |
| Signature | |
| Website | Campaign website |
Eugene Yuanzhi Wu (Chinese: 吳元之; pinyin: Wú Yuánzhī; born March 23, 1978) is an American lawyer and politician who has represented Texas's 137th House of Representatives district in the Texas House of Representatives since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected minority leader of the Texas House for the 89th Legislature in 2024, succeeding Trey Martinez Fischer. Before his election to the legislature, Wu worked as a prosecutor in the Harris County district attorney's office and later as a private-practice attorney in Houston.