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Tan D. Nguyen
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'''Tan Duc Nguyen''' (born 1973) was 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]].

On February 14, 2011, Nguyen was sentenced by United States District Judge [[David O. Carter]] to 366 days in federal prison followed by six months in a halfway house for lying to investigators about his role in a scheme to intimidate Latino voters from voting in his 2006 race against incumbent Congresswoman [[Loretta Sanchez]].<ref>[http://losangeles.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel11/la021411.htm Former Congressional Candidate Sentenced to Prison for Lying During Investigation Into Campaign Letters]</ref> After Nguyen serves his sentence he will likely(contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people|Nguyen, Tan]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States|Nguyen, Tan]]
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[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
[[Category:University of Minnesota alumni]]