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'''Tan Duc Nguyen''' (born [[1973]]) is a two-time candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[California]].  In 2004, he sought the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nomination to run against incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Dana Rohrabacher]] in [[California's 46th congressional district]].  In 2006, he ran as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] against incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Loretta Sanchez]] in [[California's 47th congressional district]].

==Biography==
Nguyen was born '''Nguyễn Đức Tân'''<ref name="VOA">{{cite news|title=Giới chức bang California điều tra về lá thư dọa tống giam di dân đi bầu cử|url=http://www.voanews.com/vietnamese/2006-10-20-voa5.cfm|work=[[Voice of America]]|publisher=[[Broadcasting Board of Governors]]|date=[[2006-10-20]]|accessdate=2006-10-22|language=Vietnamese}}</ref> in [[Da Nang]], [[South Vietnam]], in 1973.  FollowingIn [[1981]], years after the [[Fall of Saigon]], he and his family became [[boat people]] in [[1981]].  His famil.  They settled in California, where heNguyen attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].  He later was graduated from the [[University of Minnesota]] with a Bbaccalaureate degree and emphasies on Bbusiness-Eeconomics, Bbiochemistry and Asian Sstudies.  HeNguyen married Hanh Lam and settled in Ssouthern California, working for [[American Express]].

==2004 Congressional campaign as a Democrat==
In [[2004]], Nguyen lost the [[California's 46th congressional district|46<sup>th</sup> district]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] primary to [[Jim Brandt]],<ref>[http://primary2004.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/4600.htm Official 2004 primary election results] from the [[Secretary of State of California]]</ref> who lost to incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Re(contracted; show full)*[http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/6409 Tan Nguyen Election History]

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