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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)>[http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/4700.htm Official 2006 primary election results;http://sdrostra.com/?p=7856] from the [[Secretary of State of California]]</ref>  Nguyen lost to incumbent [[Loretta Sanchez]] in the November election, receiving 37.6% of the votes.<ref>[http://vote2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/4700.htm Official 2006 election results] from the [[Secretary of State of California]]</ref>

===Campaign mailing controversy===

Nguyen's campaign was linked to a 
widely criticized Spanish-language mailing of 14,000 letters allegedly warning immigrants not to vote, threatening them with prison or 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(contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people|Nguyen, Tan]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States|Nguyen, Tan]]
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[[Category:Vietnamese emigrants to the United States]]
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[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
[[Category:University of Minnesota alumni]]