Tag Archives: Viet candidates

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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Viet candidate’s criminal conviction exposed, mulls lawsuit

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese candidate for county commissioner in Texas says he’s thinking of suing his opponent for bringing up his 1994 food stamp criminal conviction, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram here. Andy Nguyen, whose Vietnamese name is Nguyễn Xuân Hùng, … Continue reading →

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Tan Nguyen’s back – and CD 47 gets crowded

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Bolsavik

Former candidate and now federal criminal defendant Tan Nguyen is jumping in and making a splash in an already colorful contest for the Republican nomination to face incumbent Democrat Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez in the 47th Congressional district. Nguyen is scheduled to … Continue reading →

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Hiep Nguyen lost primary

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Bolsavik

The Viet candidate for at-large councilor of Boston is not making it to the general elections in November. Hiep Q. Nguyen ended 10th in a field of 15, missing the top-8 cut by several thousand votes. With all precincts counted, … Continue reading →

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Boston Globe endorses Viet candidate

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese immigrant running for at-large councilmember of Boston has secured an endorsement from the city’s major paper for today’s primary elections. Hiep Q. Nguyen (his Vietnamese name: Nguyễn Quốc Hiệp) is one of 8 candidates the Boston Globe endorses, here, … Continue reading →

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Viet (actual professional) running for office

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Viet who actually works professionally in the field in which he/she is running for office. Now that’s rare, but has happened before. Education professor Kim-Oanh Nguyen-Lam on the Garden Grove School Board was an example. Now here comes another … Continue reading →

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Frank Jao hosting fundraiser for Rep. Joseph Cao tomorrow

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Bolsavik

Frank Jao, one of the most powerful men in Bolsavikland and someone with spectacularly high-reaching contacts in the GOP, is heading a fundraiser for the first Vietnamese-American Congressman, Representative Ánh Joseph Cao (pictured right). The fundraiser, set to take place … Continue reading →

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First Viet Congressman ever! Joseph Anh Cao beat William Jefferson

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Bolsavik

  Voters in Louisiana just elected the very first Vietnamese-American Congressman ever, sending Anh Joseph Cao (pictured) to Capitol Hill and rejected the re-election bid of William Jefferson, under indictment for corruption, reports the AP here. With 79 percent of … Continue reading →

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