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'''Hong Thi Tran''' was a candidate in the ] ] ] for the ] in 2006, challenging incumbent ]. Tran received slightly less than 5.1% of the Democratic vote,<ref name=primaryresults>{{cite web | url=http://vote.wa.gov/elections/PrimaryResults/Results.aspx?o=8f43af96-81c1-47c6-8b5f-3ad9dee0e6ad | title=2006 Primary Election Results - U.S. Senator|publisher=Washington Secretary of State|accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> and her differing views from those of Maria Cantwell (on the ] in particular) drew the attention of at least one political commentator in the ] and a commentator in the Congressional Quarterly's online web site.<ref name="dems unhappy">{{cite web | url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/08/dems_unhappy_with_sen_cantwell.html | title=Dems Unhappy With Sen. Cantwell Have an Option in Tran | publisher=CQPolitics.com | author=Jean Chemnick | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref><ref name="The Others">{{cite news | url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/285379_theothers16.html | title=Senate race has national echoes | publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | author=Neil Modie | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Tran's family fled ], ] for the ] in the spring of 1975. Tran earned a ] from ] in ], ] in 1988, and a ] in 1992 from the ]. Until 2004, Tran worked at the Northwest Justice Project in ].<ref name="campaign site"/> |
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==2006 Election== |
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Tran, according to her campaign website and media interviews, entered the race for the Democratic nomination for US Senate due to her opposition to the presence of ] in ], ] agreements ] and ], and the ], all of which incumbent Senator Maria Cantwell had voted in favor of.<ref name=KUOW>{{cite web | url=http://www.kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=11050 | title=Hong Tran, Democrat for U.S. Senate | publisher=KUOW | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/08/the_cqpolitics_interview_hong.html | title=The CQPolitics Interview: Hong Tran (Wash. Senate) | publisher=CQPolitics.com | author=Jean Chemnick | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref>Tran was contacted by Del LaMagna (a progressive activist and organizer who works for the Cantwell campaign) about joining the Cantwell campaign. Based on the context of the call, Tran interpreted this to be a job offer, which she declined.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/277260_senate12.html | title=Last Cantwell rival believes campaign offered job to end all opposition | publisher=Seattle P-I | author=Neil Modie | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> These events caused political commentators, like one in each of the '']'' and '']'', to surmise that this was an attempt by the Cantwell campaign to silence the anti-Iraq War opposition in her party.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20060723-093644-5778r.htm | title=Washington Senatorial Cliffhanger | publisher=The Washington Times | author=Donald Lambro | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/277134_robert11.html | title=Do hires make her Maria, Queen of Smarts? | publisher=Seattle P-I | author=Robert L. Jamieson Jr. | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> |
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Tran claimed that she herself, and not Cantwell, is not the most electable Democratic candidate because she (Tran) believes Cantwell has divided the party and alienated progressive voters (polling data from September 2006 does not support Tran's claims; Cantwell holds significant leads over her Republican opponent, ] in these polls).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/09/24/100loc_a1election001.cfm | title=Fight to attract voters begins |
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| publisher=The Herald | author=Jerry Cornfield| date=] | accessdate=2006-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/091906_cantwell.html | title=Cantwell polls higher as she adjusts war view |
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| publisher=The Hill | author=Aaron Blake| date=] | accessdate=2006-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/September%202006/WashingtonSenate.htm | title=Washington Senator: Cantwell’s Lead Takes 11-Point Leap | publisher=Rasmussen Reports |date=] | accessdate=2006-09-24}}</ref>. Despite Tran's harsh criticism of Senator Cantwell, Tran said that if she loses, she will vote for the Democratic nominee in the general election because she wanted her "vote to count".<ref name=KUOW/> |
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Tran claimed that the party leadership was preventing the distribution of information about her campaign to Democratic voters and PCO's in an attempt to control the primary results; party chair Dwight Pelz and spokesman Kelly Steele claimed that her campaign didn't have enough resources to utilize the information in the voter database.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=37188 | title=Crashing the Party | publisher=The Stranger | author=Josh Feit | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> Despite these differences with the party leadership, Cantwell's home district, the 32nd Legislative District, gave Tran its sole endorsement. Tran shared endorsements with Cantwell in three other legislative districts, the 40th, 25th, and 26th LDs.<ref name="The Others"/>. As 25th District Vice Chairman Jim Morrell of Tacoma said in regards to his district's shared endorsement of Cantwell and Tran, "it wasn't a slap against Cantwell, but also it was kind of a feel-good vote, in that at least (people thought) 'I've said something about what's going on in Iraq' and stuff. It wasn't even about 'we shouldn't be there' but rather about how (the war) has been handled."<ref name="The Others"/> |
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Notably, the overwhelming majority of Legislative Districts did not endorse Tran, and, in the Democratic primary, the voters in Legislative Districts across Washington overwhelmingly voted for Cantwell, who received approximately 90.9% of the vote, and not for Tran, who received slightly less than 5.1% of the vote. |
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