Eric Ching

Eric Ching is a regular blood donor at the Red Cross and Children's Hospital Los Angeles.¹ His family moved to Walnut in 2004, and his two daughters attended local schools.¹ His wife died in 2017; he describes raising their daughters after her death.²

Ching's business background includes owning a telecommunications company and helping introduce a company's large screen television to the North American market.¹ His speaker biography lists a bachelor's degree in marketing and management.¹ He also served as president of the Chinese American Association of Walnut and attends the city's City Blessing Church.¹

He won a Walnut City Council seat in 2012 and served as mayor in 2016.³ His colleagues selected him again in July 2021 through the council's annual leadership reorganization.³ His campaign describes distributing food, masks and supplies during the pandemic and working with substance abuse treatment organizations.²

His congressional platform supports stronger border security, term limits and school choice.² He backs removing business regulations he considers burdensome, while protecting American workers from unfair practices.² On public safety, he favors restitution for victims alongside due process, jury trials and limits on excessive bail and fines.² He is the Republican finalist against Democratic incumbent Gil Cisneros in California's 31st Congressional District.⁴