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Lindy Li
Born(1990-12-14)December 14, 1990(age 33)
Chengdu,Sichuan,China
Alma materPrinceton University(BA)
Political partyDemocratic

Lindy Li(born December 14, 1990) is an Americanpolitical commentatorand campaign advisor serving as the Women's Co-Chair and Mid-Atlantic Regional Chair at theDemocratic National Committee.She served on the Asian American outreach team for theJoe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.[1]

Early life and education

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Li was born inChengdu,Sichuan,China, moved toSheffield,England at age three, and immigrated with her family to the United States when she was five years old.[2]She spent much of her childhood inMalvern, Pennsylvania.[3]Li attended theAgnes Irwin School,a privatecollege-preparatoryday school for girls, graduating in 2008.[4]Her father is areal estateexecutive. Li has a younger brother named Jeffrey.[5]In high school, Li interned for Pennsylvania Congressman and 2020 Presidential Candidate,Joe Sestak.

Li attendedPrinceton Universityand was electedclass presidentat age 17. She became the first woman at Princeton to hold the position of class president for all four years. At Princeton, she started the "Do It In the Dark" campaign, which encouraged students around the country to reduce theircarbon footprint.[5]She wrote her senior thesis on the ethics ofclimate change legislationand graduated in 2012 with aphilosophydegree.[6]At Commencement, Li addressed Princeton's graduating Class of 2012 as their four-time Class President.[7]

Career

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Before entering politics, Li worked as a financial analyst forMerckandMorgan Stanley.[8][9]

In 2016, at age 24, Li became a candidate forPennsylvania's 7th congressional district.She was the youngest female congressional candidate in U.S. history.[8][10]Three months before the Democratic primary, she transferred her candidacy to the6th congressional district,citing advice from party leaders.[8]Li withdrew her candidacy in April 2016, after a court challenge that she did not have enough signatures from registered Democrats in her own district.[11]

In 2018, Li was one of ten candidates competing in the Democratic primary forPennsylvania's 5th congressional district.[12]The 2018 Democratic primary was won byMary Gay Scanlon.[13][14]

Li serves as a political contributor forNBC NewsandMSNBC.[15]Li also hosted a weekly TV series,Listening with Lindy Li,which aired on cable television in the Philadelphia area. On her show she interviewed various figures including members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the former CEO of Comcast,David L. Cohen,and others. Li was featured in a 2020Fox Newsdocumentary titledMy Socialism Nightmare.[16]

Li previously served as the Treasurer for the Pennsylvania Young Democrats from 2017 to 2020. Li resigned the post after conflict with group leaders over her Twitter posts critical ofBernie Sandersand his supporters.[17]Li alleged her resignation was a real-life example of bullying byBernie Bros;the club president denied this, saying that her resignation was voluntary.[18][19]

After the2020 Super Tuesdayprimary elections, Li appeared onAl Jazeerato debate Sanders supporterLinda Sarsourconcerning which Democrat would be best to defeatDonald Trump.[20] During the interview, Li stated that she would not vote forBernie Sandersif he became the Democratic nominee.[21]

AlongsideAftab Pureval,the Mayor ofCincinnati, Ohio,Li co-chairs the Justice Unites Us Super PAC, a multi-million dollar political action committee that focuses specifically on increasing Asian-American turnout across the country, particularly in battleground states.[22]In 2022, she was named byCity & State Pennsylvaniaas one of the rising stars of Philadelphia.[23]In both 2022 and 2023, she was named byCity & State Pennsylvaniaas one of the 100 most powerful women in the state and was both times one of the youngest to make the list.[24]

In August 2023,Li was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiroas a Commissioner of Pennsylvania, serving on the Governor's Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Affairs. She also serves on the DNC's National Finance Committee.

In 2024,WIREDmagazine namedLi one of the top influencers shaping the presidential election.Li was credentialed by the 2024 Democratic National Convention as one of itsofficial content creators.This marked the first time in history that top influencers were given exclusive access to the Convention.

References

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  1. ^"LINDY LI".Archived fromthe originalon March 4, 2021.RetrievedAugust 1,2020.
  2. ^"First Princeton, Now the House: Lindy Li In Politics".The Phoenix.December 8, 2015.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.
  3. ^Tamari, Jonathan (January 6, 2016)."Congressional candidate makes district switch".The Philadelphia Inquirer.Archivedfrom the original on March 10, 2016.RetrievedMarch 14,2020.Democrat Lindy Li now plans to run in the Chester County-based Sixth District, after beginning her campaign last summer for the seat in the Delaware County-based Seventh.
  4. ^"News Post".The Agnes Irwin School.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.
  5. ^abLoftus, Lauren (August 14, 2015)."The congressional kid: How a millennial plans to make it to the Capitol".Washington Post.RetrievedMarch 14,2020.She started a campus-wide initiative to curb excessive energy use called Do It in the Dark. She thought about going to law school — a means to an eventual end in politics — but landed a high-paying job in finance instead.
  6. ^Restauri, Denise (September 19, 2013)."Princeton Students Do It In The Dark. What About You?".Forbes.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.
  7. ^"Excerpts from Princeton Class Day 2012".
  8. ^abcFuchs, Chris (April 4, 2016)."25-Year-Old House Candidate Withdraws from Pennsylvania Race".NBC News.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.
  9. ^"Lindy Li".American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).RetrievedApril 13,2022.
  10. ^"An Exclusive Interview with Lindy Li, The Youngest Female Congressional Candidate in U.S. History".Cornell Business Review.December 22, 2019.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.In high school, I interned for my Congressman, and right now I'm a political contributor for MSNBC and NBC News. MSNBC is a TV channel, and NBC News publishes news articles online and is also one of the nation's foremost broadcasting networks. I also help lead Asian-American political and fundraising efforts for the Biden campaign.
  11. ^Tamari, Jonathan (April 2, 2016)."Lindy Li withdraws from Chester County Congressional race".The Philadelphia Inquirer.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.
  12. ^Otterbein, Holly (May 4, 2018)."A Q&A with Lindy Li, an ex-wealth manager running for Congress PA#5".Philadelphia Inquirer.RetrievedMarch 14,2020.Li, 27, supports Medicare-for-All, debt-free college and a ban on assault weapons. She is one of 10 Democrats in the primary for Pennsylvania's Fifth District, which is largely based in Delaware County but also includes part of Philadelphia and Montgomery County.
  13. ^Almukhtar, Sarah; Bloch, Matthew; Lee, Jasmine C. (May 15, 2018)."Pennsylvania Primary Election Results".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedJuly 15,2021.
  14. ^"The New Pennsylvania Congressional Map, District by District".New York Times.February 19, 2018.RetrievedMarch 14,2020.The old moose-and-antlers-like Seventh District might have been the most gerrymandered district in the nation...The new Fifth...includes all of Delaware County. It represents a natural political community: the Philadelphia suburbs.
  15. ^Harris, Kathleen (November 1, 2019)."How to Be Resilient after a Loss with Political Contributor Lindy Li".thecru.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.
  16. ^"Internet Archive Search: listening with lindy li".archive.org.RetrievedApril 19,2022.
  17. ^Savodnik, Peter (February 21, 2020).""CANCELED BECAUSE OF A VIDEO YOU DIDN'T EVEN MAKE": INSIDE A BERNIE-BIDEN TROLL WAR ".Vanity Fair.RetrievedMarch 14,2020.She "loves" Biden, but she really wants to beat Trump—and, most of all, she wants Sanders crushed.
  18. ^Brennan, Chris (February 18, 2020)."Lindy Li says 'Bernie Bro' bullying contributed to her resignation from Pa. Young Democrats".The Philadelphia Inquirer.RetrievedMarch 14,2020.
  19. ^Zoellner, Danielle (February 18, 2020)."Prominent young Democrat steps down over 'bullying from Bernie Sanders supporters'".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on June 14, 2022.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.
  20. ^"And then there were two: Bernie Sanders vs Joe Biden".Al Jazeera.March 6, 2020.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.I think the American people are speaking and they are saying we don't want a candidate whose staff and supporters are rife with toxic individuals
  21. ^"WATCH: Biden Backer Lindy Li Criticized for Saying She Will 'Absolutely Not' Vote for Sanders If He Becomes Democratic Nominee".Common Dreams.March 7, 2020.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.I'm going to vote blue all the way down except for president...I'm absolutely not okay with it, but I'm also almost probably equally terrified and traumatized by the prospect of a Sanders presidency
  22. ^"Democrats target Asian Americans with new super PAC".NBC News.May 23, 2022.RetrievedJuly 11,2022.
  23. ^"The 2022 Philadelphia Forty Under 40".City & State PA.June 13, 2022.RetrievedJuly 11,2022.
  24. ^"The Pennsylvania Power of Diversity: Women 100 - City & State Pennsylvania".Cityandstatepa. November 28, 2022.RetrievedDecember 29,2022.
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