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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 be placed in deportation proceedings because of his federal felony obstruction of justice conviction because immigration courts retain jurisdiction to initiate deportation proceedings if a naturalized citizen later commits a crime involving "moral turpitude". 

==Biography==
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[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States|Nguyen, Tan]]
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[[Category:California Democrats]]
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[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
[[Category:University of Minnesota alumni]]