Steven Seokho Choi (Korean: 최석호; born January 15, 1944) is an American politician serving as a California State Senator, representing the 37th District since December 2, 2024.

He founded and serves as director of Dr. Choi's Academy, a tutoring and academic enrichment business.

[5] Choi was elected to the Irvine Unified School District Board of Education in 1998 and reelected in 2002.

During the course of new sister city negotiations, he successfully opposed the One-China principle demanded by Shanghai's Xuhui government in the People's Republic of China, which would have required Irvine to abandon its existing long-term sister city relationship with Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Choi served as Chairman of the Orange County Public Library Advisory Board, which consisted of mayors and city council members from 27 cities within Orange County, and he was also Chairman of the Irvine Library Advisory Committee.

In addition, Choi was a member of the Concordia University President's Advisory Council and was Irvine's representative to Growth Management Areas 4 and 9 and the Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee.

On June 3, 2008, he became the only incumbent to not be re-elected to the Orange County Republican Party Central Committee, coming in seventh with only 6.5% of the available vote.