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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 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.<ref name="FBI">{{cite press release|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>

==2004 Congressional campaign as a Democrat==
In 2004, Nguyen lost the [[California's 46th congressional district|46th district]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] primary to [[Jim Brandt (politician)|Jim Brandt]],<ref>[http://primary2004.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/4600.htm Official 2004 primary election results] from the [[Secretary of State of California]]</ref> who lost to incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Dana Rohrabacher]] by a 30% margin.<ref>[http://vote2004.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/4600.htm Official 2004 general election results] from the [[Secretary of State of California]]</ref>

==2006 Congressional campaign as a Republican==

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