Son of Hmong refugees makes US history with Wisconsin election win

His parents lost two family members while escaping Laos and spent two years in a refugee camp before resettling in the U.S.

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The son of refugees who fled Laos after the Vietnam War has become the first Hmong American elected to statewide office in U.S. history.

Democrat Yee Leng Xiong, 32, secured roughly 52% of the vote to defeat Republican incumbent John Leiber in Wisconsin’s election for state treasurer. His victory also flipped the only statewi…