Tag Archives: election 2010

Interesting snippets on Viet candidates, from Statement of Votes

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Bolsavik

The Statement of Votes is a 2630-page document from the OC Registrar of Voters, breaking down votes by precinct for every race in the November election. There are also a few important subtotals. The document is provided in PDF format, … Continue reading →

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Boys will be boys, leave Bruce alone

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Bolsavik

It was a little funny when the story broke of Westminster mayoral candidate Bruce Tran‘s rather brutal fist fight with someone who shared his office space. But then it got funnier when one of his most prominent supporters took out … Continue reading →

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Viet candidate wants to “prevent an all-Mexi Santa Ana City Council”

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Bolsavik

Nam Pham, the Vietnamese-American candidate for Santa Ana City Council, boasts in a newspaper ad that a group of white voters are helping him because they want to “prevent an all-Mexican Santa Ana City Council” – writes the OC Weekly’s … Continue reading →

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Little Saigon elections heating up

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Bolsavik

After weeks of ho-hum punctuated by candidacy announcements by people with no realistic hope of winning, suddenly several races around Little Saigon heated up. Starting with the Loretta Sanchez – Van Tran competition. It suddenly became the focus of all … Continue reading →

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Jury hung in Tan Nguyen’s case

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Bolsavik

The jury deadlocked in the trial of former Congressional candidate Tan Nguyen, and the judge declared a mistrial, reports the OC Register’s Martin Wisckol here. Nguyen is accused of lying to investigators and getting a campaign worker to take the blame … Continue reading →

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Joseph Anh Cao apologizes for misusing archbishop’s words

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Bolsavik

A quote from a local archbishop printed prominently on U.S. Rep. Anh Joseph Cao‘s fundraising letter, strongly but falsely implying that the archbishop and the local church have endorsed him for re-election, forced the lawmaker to apologize, reports the Times-Picayune … Continue reading →

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Viet running for Maryland legislature

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese-American community activst is running for the state legislature in Maryland, reports local paper The (Gaithersburg) Gazette here. Each district in the Maryland House of Delegates actually elect not just one but maybe more than one delegates. Democrat Hoan Dang … Continue reading →

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‘Vietnamese bounce’ in primaries lifts candidates

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Bolsavik

As has been shown in several elections in a row, a disproportionate portion of Vietnamese-American voters voting for Vietnamese-American candidates cast their votes by mail, and do it near the last day. This phenomenon has many times resulted in Viet … Continue reading →

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