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Tag Archives: Joseph Dovinh
‘Vietnamese bounce’ in primaries lifts candidates
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
Posted in elections
Tagged election 2010, Joseph Dovinh, Phu Nguyen, Van Thai Tran, Van Tran
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Viet election round-up
The primary elections in California yesterday produced results that were as predicted. However, many outcomes had unexpected shades, foreshadowing a not-so-normal general elections for the Fall. Van Tran, Phu Nguyen won, Madison Nguyen heads into the runoff the leader, and … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & courts, elections
Tagged election 2010, Joseph Dovinh, Phu Nguyen, Van Thai Tran, Van Tran
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Lookie here, a THIRD ceremony on the same Black April date
And then there were three. (Any rookie copy editor could have come up with that led.) As if two separate Black April commemoration ceremonies are not enough, a third Black April commemoration is being planned to take place on the same … Continue reading
Posted in events, political
Tagged A Slice of Meat Short of a Bowl of Pho, Black April, Joseph Dovinh
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Joe Dovinh is living with Dina Nguyen?
Why would two large families want to squeeze into a 2-bedroom, 1-bath, house, when each family already has a home of its own? Answer: Because one of the men needs to move to within the boundaries of Assembly District 68, … Continue reading
Goodbye Hung Phuong Nguyen – Hello Hung Phuong Nguyen
Hung Phuong Nguyen, the representative of Van Tran who spent $5,000 of his boss’s money on radio air time accusing people (mostly Janet Nguyen and Andrew Do) of being commies, ran out of cash (and usefulness) after the election and … Continue reading
Joseph Dovinh and his amazing Technicolor dream
Don’t know if any inhaling is involved here, but Joseph Dovinh was heard on radio boasting that he got more votes than any Viets except Assemblyman Van Tran. The amazin’ claim was heard on late-night Vietnamese radio hosted by Van Tran’s … Continue reading
Posted in political
Tagged Election 2008, Joseph Dovinh, the-Bolsavik-is-effing-MEAN, Viet candidates
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Viets took a beating at the polls
Viet candidates lost left and right, Rep and Dem, Southern and Northern California. It is a demonstration of Viet candidates’ narrow lack of broader appeal that when non-Viet voters turn out in record numbers, they were not voting for the Viet candidates. … Continue reading
Posted in political
Tagged Andrew Do, Election 2008, Joseph Dovinh, Kim Oanh Nguyen-Lam, Linh Ho, Trung Nguyen, Van Thai Tran, Van Tran, Viet candidates
162 Comments
In defensive mode, Van Tran holds damage-control presser
Under accusations that he and his trenchmen are using strong-arm tactics to silence critics in the Vietnamese-American community, Assemblyman Van Tran (pictured at the presser, with Andy Quach) yesterday held a press conference to explain his group’s side of the story. … Continue reading
