Donald H. Wong is the current Representative

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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 for the Ninth Essex

Essex County, Massachusetts

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 District; Consisting of parts of Lynn

Lynn, Massachusetts

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, Lynnfield

Lynnfield, Massachusetts

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, Wakefield

Wakefield, Massachusetts

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 and Saugus. He is also the President of Mandarin House, Inc., which manages the Kowloon Restaurant

Kowloon Restaurant

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. Wong is a "third generation" Chinese American.

Wong served as a member of Saugus Town Meeting from 2005 to 2007 and as Chairman of the Saugus Board of Selectmen from 2007 to 2011. He has also been a member of the Massachusetts Asian American Commission.

On November 2, 2010, Wong defeated Democratic incumbent Mark Falzone

Mark Falzone

Mark V. Falzone is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Ninth Essex District from 2001–2011....

 by 382 votes. He and 2nd Norfolk District Representative Tackey Chan are the first Asian-Americans elected to the Massachusetts Legislature. Wong is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, a ranking member of the Joint Committee on Transportation, and a member of the House Committee on Personnel and Administration.

2010 State Representative Election

Source: Saugus Advertiser

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