Tou Xiong (/ˈtuː ˈʒɒŋ/ TOO ZHONG;[1] born 1989/1990)[2] is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 44.
Xiong is the second child of eight siblings, born to refugees from Laos.
Cloud State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, and William Mitchell College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor.
[4][5] Xiong was an urban planning organizer for the Harrison Neighborhood Association, a legislative clerk for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, worked for the Minnesota Legal Aid, the Public Health Law Center, a trustee on the Ramsey County Library board of directors, and a member of the Senate DFL District 53 executive committee.