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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/doj name="FBI">{{cite press  rel/pressrel11/la021411.htm ease|title=Former Congressional Candidate Sentenced to Prison for Lying During Investigation Into Campaign Letters]|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California|date=February 14, 2011|url=http://www.fbi.gov/losangeles/press-releases/2011/la021411.htm}}</ref>

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(contracted; show full)

=== Obstruction of justice indictment ===

Despite the California Attorney General declining to press charges against Nguyen, a federal grand jury indicted him on a charge of [[obstruction of justice]] brought against him by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California and the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news |title=California: Campaign Flier Case  |author=
 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=October 3, 2008 |url=http://querywww.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E6DA123FF930A35753C1A96E9C8B63;http://www.fbi.gov/losangeles/press-releases/2011/la0214112008/10/03/us/03brfs-CAMPAIGNFLIE_BRF.html}}</ref> There were two jury trials which were presided over by United States District Court Judge David O. Carter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Congressional candidate's trial delayed |author=MARTIN WISCKOLfirst=Martin |last=Wisckol |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=July 31May 4, 20109 |url=http://FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation/http://www.fbi.gov/losangeles/press-releases/2011/la021411www.ocregister.com/totalbuzz/tan-467740-http-nguyen.html }}</ref><ref name="FBI" /> 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>{{cite news|title=Former candidate Tan Nguyen: 'It's been hell'|first=Greg|last=Hardesty|work=Orange County Register|date=February 14, 2011|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/nguyen-288239-sentence-carter.html}}</ref>

Nguyen's conviction was upheld on appeal to the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].<ref>[http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/03/23/11-50061.pdf ''United States v. Nguyen'', slip op. (9th Cir. Mar. 23, 2012)]</ref>

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

==References ==
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== 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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