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Yesoe Yoon

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==History and life==
​Yesoe was born March 18, 1983 in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]]<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Who-Yesoe-Yoon-Matt-Farag/dp/1089920210/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=yesoe+yoon&qid=1568515482&sr=8-1</ref> After she graduated from Gyeongnam Foreign Language High School in 2002 where she majored in English but also learned [[Chinese language|Chinese]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]], she attended [[University of Waikato]] in [[Hamilton, New Zealand]], where she studied language from 2002 to 2003. Yesoe then got her BA in English/International languages at [[Busan University of Foreign Studies]] during the 2003–2004 school year. After that, her first step in journalism was when she became a TV reporter for KBC Ch 41 WOCH Asian American Network News from 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​ ​Yesoe was a reporter for Chicago Korean broadcaster KBC TV (WOCH 41) and an English reporter for Asia America Network News (2004–2005)<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​​​ In 2020, she became the [[Republican]] candidate for the 17th district of the Illinois state House of Representatives, which covers all or parts of Skokie, Evanston, Glenview, Golf, Morton Grove, Wilmette, and Northbrook, all located in Cook County and not far north of Chicago,<ref>https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/interesting-matchups-take-shape-as-candidates-file-for-march-primary-election/</ref> and got endorsements from New Trier Republican Organization, Illinois Federation for Right to Life, Illinois Family Action, and the Illinois Right to Life.<ref>https://ivoterguide.com/candidate?elecK=764&raceK=-49926&primarypartyk=ZZZZ&canK=-388218</ref> She won her primary unopposed on March 17. 2020<ref>https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionVoteTotals.aspx?ID=%2bzMIuj2TEvA%3d&OfficeType=Mzn1hIdK%2bXutYfUM2d1xMWiS86JkPgwC9%2b%2fR01%2frhdc%3d&T=637227616126692218</ref> As of November, she lost the general election on November 3, her Democratic opponent Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, received 66.21% of the popular vote, Yoon received 31.26%, and Green Party candidate Christopher Kruger received 2.53%. <ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2020</ref> However, she did get about four more percentage points than Peter Lee, the Republican candidate before her who lost against Gong-Gershowitz in 2018.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_House_of_Representatives_District_17Illinois_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2018</ref>
==Education and Experiences==
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