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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)|Repu(contracted; show full)
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.  In 1981, six years after the [[Fall of Saigon]], he and his family 
[[Boat people|left Vietname by boat]] and emigrated to the United States.  They settled in California, where Nguyen attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].  He later graduated from the [[University of Minnesota]] with a baccalaureate and emphases on business-economics, biochemistry, and Asian studies.  Nguyen married Hanh Lam and settled in southern California, working for [[American Express]].

==2004 Congressional campaign as a Democrat==
(contracted; show full) deportation. The letter was received by registered Hispanic voters the weekend of October 15, 2006 and sent to the then-State Attorney General Bill Lockyer. On Monday, October 17, 2006 the California State Attorney General launched an investigation into the source of the letter. What was particularly alarming is that the Republican Party was linked with the campaign of former Congressman Curt Pringle who, on Election Day, had poll guards at voting booths in Hispanic neighborhoods warning them not to vote.
{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Candidate who sent immigration flier urged to quit|work=
Daily Breeze |location=Torrance, Calif|date=20 Oct 2006|page=1}}</ref> One of the first Hispanic registered voters who came forward showing the letter he had received was Benny Diaz{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} who lived in Garden Grove, California in the Congressional District of Loretta Sanchez. </<ref>{{cite news|title=Local GOP pulls support for party's candidate / He's linked to letter saying immigrants can't legally vote|author=Gledhill, Lynda|work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=20 Oct 2006|page=ref><ref>[http://www.theliberaloc.com/pdf/theletter.pdf Spanish-language mailing linked to Tan Nguyen campaign]</ref> As translated in the press at the time, it read in part:

(contracted; show full)3;http://www.fbi.gov/losangeles/press-releases/2011/la021411.htm}}</ref> There were two jury trials which were presided over by United States District Court Judge David O. Carter. <ref name=>{{cite news |title=Candidate's trial delayed |author=MARTIN WISCKOL |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=July 31, 2009 |url=http:/FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation/http://www.fbi.gov/losangeles/press-releases/2011/la021411.htm }}</ref> Nguyen was found guilty by a jury and was sentenced 
in February 2011 by Federal judge David Carter to one year in prison and six months in a halfway house.<ref>http://www.ocregister.com/news/nguyen-288239-sentence-carter.html</ref>

==See also==
*[[Caging list]]
*[[Voter turnout]]

==References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://65.45.193.26:8026/cms/acct/tan4congress/main Tan Nguyen Campaign Website]
*[http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/6409 Tan Nguyen Election History]

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