Hoan Huynh

Hoan Huynh (born 1990) is an American politician and Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Huynh has represented the 13th district since January 11, 2023. He is the first Vietnamese American to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.

Hoan Huynh
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 13th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 11, 2023
Preceded by	Greg Harris
Personal details
Born	1990 (age 34–35) Vietnam
Political party	Democratic
Education	Yale University (BA) King's College, Cambridge Harvard University (MPP) University of Chicago

Early life and education

Huynh was born in Vietnam to Vietnamese Chinese parents.^[1] His family, members of which fought for South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, were granted asylum in the United States in the early 1990s and lived in southern California.^[2] He attended Yale University for a bachelor's in sociology with concentrations in economics and anthropology in 2012, then studied for a year at King's College, Cambridge, followed by a master's in policy from Harvard University in 2014, and further graduate coursework at the University of Chicago.^[3][4][5] He worked in social innovation, social entrepreneurship, technology startups, and eventually, community and social impact investments for a decade.^[vague] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was deeply concerned with the anti-Asian hate sentiments and how communities of color were left behind and heavily disinvested. As a result, he was inspired to run for office to build a more equitable city and state for his neighbors and community members.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral history

In the 2022 general election, Huynh defeated Republican candidate Alper Turan with 36,347 votes to Turan's 3,821 votes.^[6] Huynh was re-elected in the 2024 general election, with 46,432 votes; his Republican opponent, Terry Nguyen Le, received 6,510 votes.^[7]

In 2024, Huynh ran for one of seven delegate seats to the Democratic Party's National Nominating Convention for Illinois's ninth Congressional District.^[8]

In 2025, Huynh announced his intention to run for the Democratic primary for the ninth Congressional district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.^[9]