Elizabeth Wong Ahlers, the only Republican candidate for State Senate in California’s 25th District, visited Los Angeles World Journal President Yu Zhiqin on the 15th. She stated her focus is on addressing several key issues in California, including homelessness, rampant theft and robbery, and maintaining the current Proposition 209.
Elizabeth Wong Ahlers mentioned that her campaign is driven by love, with the aim of representing everyone and helping to solve various problems in California. Good laws need to be enforced, bad laws need to be changed, and efforts must be made to make California a place where people aspire to live and settle.
In her first run for Senate, Elizabeth Wong Ahlers’ goal is to address various issues in California, such as the homelessness problem that remains unsolved despite significant spending, budget cuts leading to reduced police forces and rampant theft and robbery, and the ACA 7 bill, which affects Asian rights and should be stopped as it seeks to amend the existing Proposition 209 (also known as the “Affirmative Action” law). Her core campaign principles can be summarized in four words: Love, Lives, Liberty, and Law.
Elizabeth Wong Ahlers is currently a council member of Crescenta Valley Town. She has received endorsements from the California Republican Party and local Republican leaders. Elizabeth holds two master’s degrees, has successfully raised six children, has served as a university lecturer, and actively participates in various humanitarian activities. She comes from a large Chinese family, with ancestors who came to the United States from Guangdong, China during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century. Her great-grandfather, Frank Lee, was born in California and was a farmer in the Central Valley. Her great-grandmother gave birth to Elizabeth’s grandfather, Ralph Fook Wong Sr., in China in the early 20th century. He came to the United States at the age of 13 to receive an education.
Elizabeth shared that when she was in school in the 1970s, she was the only Asian student, and her classmates’ parents had strong feelings against Japanese people due to World War II. They called her “Jap” and mocked her appearance. Her response was love—she chose to love others regardless of whether they loved her, and she demonstrated her tolerance, intelligence, and willingness to help. Love between people and love in policy are different. Love between individuals can be simple and direct, but policy cannot always cater to everyone. In this election, as the only Republican among five candidates, she does not expect to be very popular, but she is determined to show her love for California and her commitment to traditional values.
Recently, Elizabeth encountered a passerby in a restaurant who wanted to leave California. She asked him to give her a chance and vote for her before leaving, expressing her desire to improve California. Elizabeth believes that many Democratic policies are overcorrected and distort judgments that could be made with common sense and traditional values. For example, promoting the idea that gender is fluid in schools and allowing gender changes without parental consent. Schools are meant to educate children and serve the community, and parents have the right to know their children’s views and decisions on gender. The confusion about gender and happiness has led to an increase in the suicide rate among teenagers, and gender transitions by minors cause irreversible mental and physical harm. She hopes to return to traditional values in educating children.
Elizabeth was interviewed by World Journal in Monterey Park. Click here to see complete article. (Chinese)
