Yee Leng Xiong has been elected Wisconsin State Treasurer, defeating Republican incumbent John Leiber. Xiong becomes the first Hmong statewide elected official in United States History.
Xiong, 31, first ran for DC Everest School Board in 2014 at the age of 19. Xiong went on to win a seat on the Marathon County Board of Supervisors in 2016 and another on the Village of Weston Board of Trustees in 2018. He unsuccessfully ran for State Assembly in 2024.
He was named to Madison365 list of Most Influential Asian American Leaders in 2020.
