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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 knowledge of a letter 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>

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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(contracted; show full)r urged to quit | work= Daily Breeze |location=Torrance, Calif|date=20 Oct 2006|page=1}}</ref><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| url = http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-10-20/bay-area/17317863_1_jail-time-orange-county-party-democratic-party | work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=20 Oct 2006|page=1}}</ref> As translated in the press at the time, it read in part
:<ref>[http://www.theliberaloc.com/pdf/theletter.pdf Spanish-language mailing linked to Tan Nguyen campaign]</ref>:

:You are being sent this letter because you were recently registered to vote. If you are a citizen of the United States, we ask that you participate in the democratic process of voting. You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in imprisonment, and you will be deported for voting without having the right to do so.<ref>{{cite news|first=Norberto, Jr |last=Santana |url=http://www.ocregister.com/o(contracted; show full)[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States|Nguyen, Tan]]
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[[Category:Political scandals in the United States by state|California]]