U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strycland of Korean descent succeeded in 'third term'

U.S. Representative Marilyn Stricklund, a Korean-American named "Shun-Ji," won her third term.

Strickland is running for the Democratic nomination for Washington's 10th District in the federal House of Representatives election that coincided with the U.S. presidential election, defeating Republican candidate Don Hewitt to confirm his election on the 6th.

Rep. Stryklund won 58.3% of the vote, far ahead of Hewitt with 41.7% of the vote.

He is one of three members of the House of Representatives of Korean descent who are seeking a third term this year following 2022 after winning their first congressional seat in 2020.

In September 1962, he was born in Seoul to a Korean mother and a black father who was a Korean War veteran and came to the U.S. at the age of one.

Stryklund, who entered politics after being elected as a Tacoma City Council member, was elected mayor of Tacoma after two years of experience with the city council and served as mayor from 2010 to 2018.

She was the first Asian mayor of Tacoma, and the first black woman to be elected mayor of Tacoma.