Judy Chu

Democrat · CA-28 · U.S. House

Bio

Judy May Chu is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 28th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, she has held a seat in Congress since 2009, representing California's 32nd congressional district until redistricting. Chu is the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress.

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Record of service

In office: 17.1 years
First took office: 2009 (9 terms)
Seniority: 75 of 437 by time served
Age: 73

District offices

Claremont, CA · 909-625-5394
Pasadena, CA · 626-304-0110

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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019

$6.3M

2020

$8.0M

2021

$8.7M

2022

$8.5M

2023

$9.3M

2024

$13.4M

2025

$14.0M

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $8.2M – $20.2M
Liabilities: $100k – $250k
Net worth: $7.9M – $20.1M
Since 2019: +$7.8M

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 54 assets reported

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF (VEU)$1.0M – $5.0M

Rental Property #1, 32.8%$500k – $1.0M

Rental Property #2, 32.8%$500k – $1.0M

Rental Property #3, 32.8%$500k – $1.0M

Rental Property #4, 32.8%$500k – $1.0M

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard California Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fd Admir$500k – $1.0M

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF (ESGV)$500k – $1.0M

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)$500k – $1.0M

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)$500k – $1.0M

East West Bank Certificate of Deposit$250k – $500k

United Pacific Bank Certificate of Deposit$250k – $500k

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF)$250k – $500k

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fd Admiral Shs (VMLUX)$250k – $500k

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Long-Term Tax-Exempt Fd Admiral Shs (VWLUX)$250k – $500k

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Windsor II Fund Admiral Shares (VWNAX)$250k – $500k

Vanguard-JM Chu Irrevocable Trust II ⇒ Vanguard-JM Chu Irrevocable Trust II-managed ⇒ Vang$250k – $500k

Astrana Health Inc. - Common Stock (ASTH)$100k – $250k

Community Commerce Bank Certificate of Deposit$100k – $250k

Preferred Bank Certificate of Deposit$100k – $250k

Chu-Lim Investments LLC ⇒ Chu Lim Investments LLC 32.8%$100k – $250k

Savings Plus ⇒ 401K Large Cap Index Fund$100k – $250k

Savings Plus ⇒ 401K Small Mid-Cap Fund$100k – $250k

Savings Plus ⇒ 457 Large Cap Index Fund$100k – $250k

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (VO)$100k – $250k

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Value ETF (VTV)$100k – $250k

Citibank Savings Acct$50k – $100k

Savings Plus ⇒ 457 Small Mid-Cap Fund$50k – $100k

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (VSGX)$50k – $100k

Vanguard IRA ⇒ Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral (VBTLX)$50k – $100k

Vanguard-JM Chu Irrevocable Trust II ⇒ Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF (VIG)$50k – $100k

Vanguard-JM Chu Irrevocable Trust II ⇒ Vanguard-JM Chu Irrevocable Trust II-managed ⇒ Vang$50k – $100k

California Public Employees Retirement System$15k – $50k

California State Teachers Retirement System$15k – $50k

Citibank- J.M. Chu Irrevocable Trust II$15k – $50k

Savings Plus ⇒ 401K Asset Allocation Fund$15k – $50k

Savings Plus ⇒ 401K International Fund$15k – $50k

Savings Plus ⇒ 401K Socially Responsible Fund$15k – $50k

Savings Plus ⇒ 457 Socially Responsible Fund$15k – $50k

Savings Plus ⇒ 457 Asset Allocation$15k – $50k

Vanguard- Eng Chu Family Trust ⇒ Vanguard Federal Money Market Account$15k – $50k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

D+0.65

Healthcare

D+0.78

Immigration & Border

D+0.87

Guns

D+1.00

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

D+0.99

Environment & Energy

D+0.85

Crime & Policing

D+0.52

Defense & Veterans

D+0.35

Economy & Labor

D+0.59

Foreign Policy & Trade

D+0.29

Civil Rights & Social

D+0.92

Education

D+0.80

Government & Democracy

D+0.83

Judicial & Executive Nominations

D+0.66

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Judy Chu's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Democratic Party

94%Closest

Green Party

90%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

87%

Communist Party USA

86%

Libertarian Party

54%

Republican Party

30%

On the political map

Judy Chu (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Chusits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Congressional Progressive Caucusstrongly left · 93 members

Committees

House Committee on the Budgetcenter · 37 members
House Committee on Ways and Meanscenter · 45 members
Health Work and Welfare Oversight

Most and least aligned members

Treating Chu's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.