The Campbell City Council is expected to select Evan Low as their new mayor. Low is 26, Asian, openly-gay, and may or may not be single. He is currently serving as the vice mayor of Campbell City. For such a young lad he sure has been making waves in politics. So much so, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declared June 5, 2006 "Evan Low Day."
PASSPORT was lucky enough to catch up with Low a few years ago:
You might not even notice Evan Low walking down the streets of Campbell, California, a suburban community of 40,000 in the heart of Silicon Valley, where Asian-Americans are the second-most populous demographic. Home to high-tech megaliths eBay and Netflix, Campbell is also one of the youngest cities in the Bay Area—the average age of residents is about 35.
Evan Low, however, is no ordinary suburbanite. Low, 23, made history last year when he became the first Chinese-American, openly gay, and youngest person to be elected to Campbell’s city council. Having earned endorsements from such political heavy-hitters as U.S. Congressman Mike Honda and California Assemblyman (and gay politico) Mark Leno (not to mention a throng of local and state officials) Low won one of the three open spots in the November 2006 election, after narrowly losing his first campaign two years ago. (Continue Reading)
