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Tan D. Nguyen
'''Tan Duc Nguyen''' (born 1973) is an American former politician. He twice stood as a 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]].

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The letter was issued on the letterhead of the [[California Coalition for Immigration Reform]]; however, its chairwoman denied any involvement.<ref>{{cite news|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|
publisherwork=[[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=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F10%2F19%2Fnational%2Fa140727D82.DTL&type=politics |archivedate=2006-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</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|Santa Ana]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Delson, Jennifer|authorlink2=Christopher Goffard|author2= Goffard, Christopher |author3= Tran, Mai |url=http://www.latimes.com/la-me-letter21oct21,0,7524703.story?track=mostviewed-homepage |title=Raids Widen 'Immigrant' Letter Probe |publisherwork=Los Angeles Times |date=October 21, 2006 |accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref>

On May 16, 2007, the California Department of Justice investigation determined there was no evidence that Nguyen's campaign had an intent to intimidate those legally entitled to vote. The investigation had found that the original draft of the letter (in English) had warned illegals and those with green cards against voting, but elsewhere had encouraged those with U.S. citizenship to vote.  The phrase "those with green (contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people]]
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