Image Credit: Getty Images Eileen Wang, the now-former mayor of Arcadia, a suburb of Los Angeles County, California, admitted to acting as an illegal agent for China over the past few years. The controversy prompted curiosity among American voters about her political party affiliation, since she had switched parties in the past. So, is she currently a Democrat or a Republican? City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto confirmed on May 11, 2026, that Wang had resigned from the council, calling the allegations against her "deeply troubling.