A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 67, which includes the east side of Saint Paul in Ramsey County.

Foung was a series producer for Twin Cities Public Television in the 1990s before starting his own multimedia business, Digital Motion LLC, in 1996.

[7] Foung was one of nine DFL candidates running for the Senate seat in 2010, losing in the primary to St. Paul police chief John Harrington.

[8] He ran again in 2012, supported by the Sierra Club and a broad coalition that included Hmong-American, Latino, Somali, and African American voters.

[11] His first-term accomplishments for District 67 include new business developments on 7th Street, the Science and Education Center for Metro State University, and job creation dollars to boost the local economy.