Steven Choi

Steven Choi
최석호
Member-elect of the California Senate from the 37th district
Assuming office December 2, 2024
Succeeding	Dave Min
Member of the California State Assembly from the 68th district
In office December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022
Preceded by	Don Wagner
Succeeded by	Avelino Valencia (redistricted)
Mayor of Irvine
In office December 11, 2012 – December 5, 2016
Preceded by	Sukhee Kang
Succeeded by	Don Wagner
Member of the Irvine City Council
In office December 14, 2004 – December 11, 2012
Preceded by	Mike Ward
Succeeded by	Christina L. Shea
Personal details
Born	(1944-01-15) January 15, 1944 (age 80) Keijō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Janie Choi
Children	2
Residence(s)	Irvine, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Kyung Hee University Louisiana State University University of Pittsburgh
Profession	Politician
Website	Official Campaign Web Site
Korean name
Hangul	최석호
Hanja	崔錫浩
Revised Romanization	Choe Seokho
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sŏkho

Steven Seokho Choi (Korean: 최석호; born January 15, 1944) is an American politician who has been elected as a California State Senator representing the 37th Senate District for a term beginning on December 2, 2024. A Republican from Orange County, California, he previously served three terms as a California State Assemblymember representing the 68th Assembly District from 2016 to 2022.

Choi previously served two terms as Mayor of Irvine, California from 2012 to 2016. From 2004 to 2012, he served two terms on the Irvine City Council, where he was the first Asian American to have been elected to a four-year term. In 2004, he and Sukhee Kang were simultaneously elected as the first two Korean Americans on the council, though Choi won a four-year term while Kang won a two-year term. In 1998, Choi became the first Asian-American elected to the Irvine Unified School Board, leaving in the middle of his second term when he was elected to the City Council.