On January 15, 2020, Low was named national co-chair of the Andrew Yang for President campaign.

He has been a leader in the state legislature with numerous bills signed. In the 2017-2018 session, the Sacramento Bee identified Low as California’s most prolific lawmaker, where he had the most bills signed by any member of the state legislature by Governor Jerry Brown. He has also been credited with driving the future of Uber and Lyft in the California State Legislature.

In 2016, Low introduced AB 1887 that would ban all California state-funded travel to states that enacted laws to discriminate against individuals based upon sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, that was supported by U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

In 2016, New York Magazine identified Low as a potential United States presidential candidate in 2024 along with nine other young Democrats who, like Obama, have unusual ambition.

Prior to his election in the Assembly in 2014, Low served as Mayor and City Councilmember in Campbell, California.

In 2014, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins appointed Low as Assistant Majority Whip. Low was kept in the same leadership role by Atkins’s successor, Speaker Anthony Rendon, in 2016.

In 2013, his colleagues on the Campbell City Council selected him to serve as Mayor for a second time. His term on the council expired in 2014.

When his colleagues selected him to become Campbell mayor in 2009, Low became the youngest openly gay, Asian American Mayor in the nation.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom issued a Proclamation naming June 5, 2006, “Evan Low Day” in the City and County of San Francisco.

In 2004, Low unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the City Council, but he ran again in 2006 and won in his second attempt. Low worked as a senior district representative for California’s former 28th State Assembly district Assemblymember Paul Fong.

Evan Low (Chinese: 羅達倫 ; pinyin: Luó Dálún ) (born June 5, 1983) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 28th Assembly District, which encompasses parts of the South Bay and Silicon Valley. He is a member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus (and served as chair from 2017 to 2018), and the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.

Low was born in San Jose, California on June 5, 1983 to Chinese American optometrist Arthur Low. Low grew up in San Jose, California and attended Leland High School. In 2003, Low moved to Campbell, California.