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Otto Lee
Otto Oswald Chau Hiu Lee (born July 29, 1967) is a Hong Kong-born American politician, attorney, and military veteran who was a Sunnyvale, California city council member from 2003 to 2011, before which he was on the Planning Commission, which he chaired from 2000 to 2001. From 2005 to 2006 he was vice mayor, and from 2006 to 2007 he was the 57th mayor of Sunnyvale. He is a patent attorney, and a co-founder and partner of the Intellectual Property Law Group LLP.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Lee served in the U.S. Navy as a supply corps officer. He was a commander in the United States Naval Reserve and the executive officer of a Naval Aircraft Carriers Reserve unit based in San Diego.
Lee was born Lee Chau-hiu in Hong Kong, then a British colony, in 1967. He moved to the U.S. state of California at age 15. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering and nuclear engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and an LL.M. in Public International Law from Leiden University in The Netherlands.
Lee joined the United States Navy in 1989 as an ensign. During the Gulf War in 1991, Lee served aboard the USS Harry E. Yarnell as treasurer, disbursing officer, and assistant supply officer. After this initial active duty he continued to serve in the Navy Reserve, recalled to active duty for Operation Noble Eagle in 2003 and again in 2009 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lee also supported the defense of the Republic of Korea under the Commander Naval Forces Korea. Most recently holding the rank of commander, Lee retired from the Navy in 2018.
In 2008 he qualified in the June primary to compete to represent District 3 on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, but lost to David Cortese in the November general election, receiving 45.2% of votes cast to Cortese's 55.8%. of the votes
On March 27, 2012, Lee announced his candidacy for California's 22nd Congressional District seat to challenge incumbent Representative Devin Nunes, Republican of Tulare. This district covers areas of Fresno and Tulare counties, both located in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Lee and Nunes were the only candidates in the June 6 nonpartisan primary, in which Lee placed second with 30.1 percent to Nunes's 69.9 percent. On November 6, Nunes won the general election with 132,386 votes (61.9 percent) to Lee's 81,555 votes (38.1 percent).
In 2020, Lee was among four candidates for the open District 3 seat of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to replace the termed-out Dave Cortese. In the March 3, 2020 top-two primary election, Lee finished in second place with 29 percent of the vote behind sitting assemblymember Kansen Chu, who had 31.5 percent. of the vote That fall, Lee earned 60.5% of the vote to decisively defeat Chu in the general election.
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Otto Lee
Otto Oswald Chau Hiu Lee (born July 29, 1967) is a Hong Kong-born American politician, attorney, and military veteran who was a Sunnyvale, California city council member from 2003 to 2011, before which he was on the Planning Commission, which he chaired from 2000 to 2001. From 2005 to 2006 he was vice mayor, and from 2006 to 2007 he was the 57th mayor of Sunnyvale. He is a patent attorney, and a co-founder and partner of the Intellectual Property Law Group LLP.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Lee served in the U.S. Navy as a supply corps officer. He was a commander in the United States Naval Reserve and the executive officer of a Naval Aircraft Carriers Reserve unit based in San Diego.
Lee was born Lee Chau-hiu in Hong Kong, then a British colony, in 1967. He moved to the U.S. state of California at age 15. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering and nuclear engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and an LL.M. in Public International Law from Leiden University in The Netherlands.
Lee joined the United States Navy in 1989 as an ensign. During the Gulf War in 1991, Lee served aboard the USS Harry E. Yarnell as treasurer, disbursing officer, and assistant supply officer. After this initial active duty he continued to serve in the Navy Reserve, recalled to active duty for Operation Noble Eagle in 2003 and again in 2009 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lee also supported the defense of the Republic of Korea under the Commander Naval Forces Korea. Most recently holding the rank of commander, Lee retired from the Navy in 2018.
In 2008 he qualified in the June primary to compete to represent District 3 on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, but lost to David Cortese in the November general election, receiving 45.2% of votes cast to Cortese's 55.8%. of the votes
On March 27, 2012, Lee announced his candidacy for California's 22nd Congressional District seat to challenge incumbent Representative Devin Nunes, Republican of Tulare. This district covers areas of Fresno and Tulare counties, both located in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Lee and Nunes were the only candidates in the June 6 nonpartisan primary, in which Lee placed second with 30.1 percent to Nunes's 69.9 percent. On November 6, Nunes won the general election with 132,386 votes (61.9 percent) to Lee's 81,555 votes (38.1 percent).
In 2020, Lee was among four candidates for the open District 3 seat of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to replace the termed-out Dave Cortese. In the March 3, 2020 top-two primary election, Lee finished in second place with 29 percent of the vote behind sitting assemblymember Kansen Chu, who had 31.5 percent. of the vote That fall, Lee earned 60.5% of the vote to decisively defeat Chu in the general election.