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Cheryl Chow (born 1946) is a Chinese American former educator and politician in Seattle, Washington.

She is the daughter of Ruby Chow, Seattle restauranteur and first Asian-American elected to the Metropolitan King County Council. When the elder Chow retired from the council in 1985, Cheryl Chow ran for the seat her mother had held, but lost. In 1989, she was elected to the Seattle City Council, and won a second term in 1993. In 1997, she opted to run for mayor instead of another term on the council, but lost.