Tag Archives: Van Tran

‘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

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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

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Janet Nguyen’s chief of staff quits

The man credited with keeping Supervisor Janet Nguyen‘s office running while political skirmishes are fought left and right has announced he’s leaving, according to Voice of OC here. Chief of Staff Andrew Do, who’s also a City Councilman of Garden … Continue reading

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Quang Pham endorses Van Tran

With less than three weeks until the primary election, former candidate Quang Pham on Thursday endorsed the man he used to run against, Assemblyman Van Tran, according to a press release from the latter’s campaign. Tran is in a three-way … Continue reading

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Van Tran: “Jail Tan Nguyen” sticker was thrust on me

Responding to the photo to the right, originally posted on the Orange Juice here, Assemblyman Van Tran yesterday sent out a press release disclaiming the “Jail Tan Nguyen” he was holding. The picture, taken at a Tea Party event, shows Tran … Continue reading

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Janet Nguyen to celebrate anniversary of first win

Marking the end of her third year in office, OC Board of Supervisors’ Chairwoman Janet Nguyen today will hold a “3 votes in 3 years in March” fundraiser at the restaurant that’s the staple of her campaign, the Azteca in … Continue reading

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Quang Pham’s press release

Following the jump is the full text of Quang Pham‘s press release announcing his withdrawal. If anything, the press release shows that GOP leaders, from the local to the national level, are just simply relieved that they were able to … Continue reading

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More carpetbagging, same congressional district

Just as the Bolsavik finished talking about how OC GOP voters usually don’t think carpetbagging is such a big deal, lo and behold a GOP bigwig proved the Bolsavik right. The OC Weekly (here) has the story about how Assemblyman … Continue reading

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