Daniel Nguyen (politician)

Daniel Nguyen is an American Democrat politician serving the 38th district in the Oregon House of Representatives.

Career
Nguyen founded a restaurant, Bambuza Vietnam Kitchen in 2008. As of 2022, it was the longest-running storefront in South Waterfront, Portland. He was elected to the Lake Oswego City Council in 2018, becoming the first person of color elected to the body. He also served as a director of the Immigration Counseling Service Business for a Better Portland and co-chair of the PCC School of Business & Entrepreneurship advisory committee.

Nguyen won the Democratic nomination for House District 38 in the Oregon House of Representatives; he beat his primary opponent by just 28 votes. He went on to defeat Republican opponent Alistair Firmin in the 2022 general election by a wide margin.

Personal life
Nguyen was born to Vietnamese refugees who came to the United States in 1975 and settled in Camas, Washington, where Nguyen grew up. The family moved to Lake Oswego in 2010.

Committees
He serves as the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Economic Development and Small Business, and the Joint Committee on Tax Expidentures, and also the Joint Committee On Ways and Means, in the Subcommitee Public Safety.