California State Assembly

Chang was elected to the California Assembly in the 55th district in 2014 and had five bills signed into law in her first seven months in office.^[2] She also proposed bills seeking to cut business regulations.^[4]

2016 State Senate run

Chang was the Republican candidate for California's 29th State Senate district in the 2016 election. She ran against two Democrats, former Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang and veteran Josh Newman to succeed Bob Huff in 2016 due to term limits.^[8]

As of October 2016, Chang had raised more than $4 million.^[4] She made public comments distancing herself from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.^[9][10] In November 2016, with 49.6% of the vote, Chang lost the general election to Democrat Josh Newman.^[11]

2018 State Senate special recall election

On June 5, 2018, Chang won a recall election for the same State Senate seat that she had lost to Josh Newman two years earlier. Newman was targeted for recall by the Republican Party of California in an attempt to break the Democratic super majority in the Senate, though the campaign also emphasized Newman's vote to increase gas and vehicle taxes to fund infrastructure improvements.^{[13] [14]}

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2018 California's 29th State Senate district special recall election

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	91,892	58.1
No	66,197	41.9
Total votes	158,089	100.00

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2020 State Senate election

In 2020 Chang lost the election to serve a full term in the State Senate. She lost the 2020 rematch to Josh Newman by a margin about three times larger than she had lost in 2016.