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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]].

(contracted; show full)ws|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-scare17oct17,1,5513175.story?coll=la-headlines-politics&ctrack=1&cset=true|title=State Investigating Intimidating Letter Sent to O.C. Latinos|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Delson|first=Jennifer|date=October 17, 2006|accessdate=2006-10-26}}</ref>  Nguyen denied any personal involvement in the incident, and stated that an employee in his office who might have been responsible had since been fired.<ref name="AP">{{cite news
  |first=Peter   |last=Prengaman |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/19/national/a140727D82.DTL&type=politics |title=OC GOP urges candidate whose campaign sent letter to withdraw |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 19, 2006 |accessdate=2006-10-23 |archiveurl = =https://web.archive.org/web/20061105072225/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/19/%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F10%2F19%2Fnational/%2Fa140727D82.DTL&type=politics <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = =2006-11-05 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> In the meantime, a national coalition of ethnic bar associations formed, led by the [[Mexican American Legal Defense Fund]] and spearheaded by its former President and General Counsel, [[John Trasvina]]. The coalition drafted and signed a joint letter calling for an investigation into the letter. On Friday, October 20, [[California Department of Justice]] agents raided Nguyen's campaign headquarters in [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]] and his home in [[Santa Ana, California|Sant(contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people]]
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