History was made in Olympia on Jan. 10 when Sen. Paull Shin, representing the 21st District, welcomed newly-elected state Rep. Cindy Ryu, representing the 32nd District, to the Washington State Legislature.Ryu is the first Korean-American woman ever elected to the Legislature. Shin was the first Korean-American to be elected to the Legislature. He became a state representative in 1992 and a senator in 1998.
This is the second time Ryu has set a political milestone. In 2006, she became the first female Korean-American mayor in the United States when she was elected mayor of Shoreline, Washington.
