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Revision as of 17:40, 24 September 2006 editNottingham (talk | contribs)160 edits Quoted article made only one reference to Tran and said "Wilson held the most support among the anti-war crowd." This is an entry about Tran, not Wilson or the election (which has own Misplaced Pages entry)← Previous edit Revision as of 17:46, 24 September 2006 edit undoNottingham (talk | contribs)160 edits Deletion of agenda-driven, biased promotion of Tran. This Misplaced Pages entry is "Hong Tran", not "Complaints of Random Tran Supporters and Cantwell Opponents"Next edit →
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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> 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>


In an interview with ], a Seattle ] affiliate, Tran noted Cantwell's avoidance of debates and challenged Cantwell to debate with her. Tran criticized Cantwell for not being most electable Democratic candidate because she believes Cantwell has divided the party. Tran speculated that Cantwell had alienated the progressive portion of the state to the extent that many will either stay home or vote for a third party candidate during the general election. 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/> In the ] edition of ''The Washington Times'', Tran was quoted as saying that if she lost in the primary she would "certainly not" endorse Cantwell.<ref name="deserves to lose"/> 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. 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/>


Tran's campaign press releases and small, progressive media outlets that supported Tran highlighted the lack of support provided to Tran by the state Democratic party leadership, such as restricting her access to the party's voter database and refusing to let her bring campaign signs into a Coordinated Campaign event at Whittier Elementary. 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, Tran was able to win the sole endorsement of Cantwell's home district, the 32nd Legislative District, and shared endorsements with Cantwell in three other legislative districts, the 40th, 25th, and 26th LDs.<ref name="The Others"/>. As 25th DistrictVice Chairman Jim Morrell of Tacoma said in regards to his districts 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"/> Tran's campaign press releases and small, progressive media web sites that supported Tran highlighted the lack of support provided to Tran by the state Democratic party leadership, such as restricting her access to the party's voter database and refusing to let her bring campaign signs into a Coordinated Campaign event at Whittier Elementary. 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, Tran was able to win the sole endorsement of Cantwell's home district, the 32nd Legislative District, and shared endorsements with Cantwell in three other legislative districts, the 40th, 25th, and 26th LDs.<ref name="The Others"/>. As 25th DistrictVice Chairman Jim Morrell of Tacoma said in regards to his districts 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"/>


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 91% of the vote, and not for Tran, who received slightly less than 5.1% of the vote. 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 91% of the vote, and not for Tran, who received slightly less than 5.1% of the vote.

Revision as of 17:46, 24 September 2006

Hong Thi Tran was a candidate in the Washington Democratic Party primary election for the United States Senate in 2006, challenging incumbent Maria Cantwell. Tran received slightly less tha 5.1% of the Democratic vote, and her differing views from those of Maria Cantwell (on the Iraq War in particular) drew the attention of at least one political commentator in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and a commentator in the Congressional Quarterly's online web site.

Biography

Tran's family fled Saigon, Vietnam for the United States in the spring of 1975. Tran earned a Bachelor of Arts from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia in 1988, and a Juris Doctorate in 1992 from the University of Utah. Until 2004, Tran worked at the Northwest Justice Project in Seattle.


2006 Election

Main article: Washington United States Senate election, 2006

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 US troops in Iraq, free trade agreements NAFTA and CAFTA, and the USA PATRIOT Act, all of which incumbent Senator Maria Cantwell had voted in favor of.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. These events caused political commentators, like one in each of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and The Washington Times, to surmise that this was an attempt by the Cantwell campaign to silence the anti-Iraq War opposition in her party.

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. 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".

Tran's campaign press releases and small, progressive media web sites that supported Tran highlighted the lack of support provided to Tran by the state Democratic party leadership, such as restricting her access to the party's voter database and refusing to let her bring campaign signs into a Coordinated Campaign event at Whittier Elementary. 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. Despite these differences with the party leadership, Tran was able to win the sole endorsement of Cantwell's home district, the 32nd Legislative District, and shared endorsements with Cantwell in three other legislative districts, the 40th, 25th, and 26th LDs.. As 25th DistrictVice Chairman Jim Morrell of Tacoma said in regards to his districts 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."

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 91% of the vote, and not for Tran, who received slightly less than 5.1% of the vote.


See also

Washington United States Senate election, 2006

External links

References

  1. "2006 Primary Election Results - U.S. Senator". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  2. Jean Chemnick (2006-08-17). "Dems Unhappy With Sen. Cantwell Have an Option in Tran". CQPolitics.com. Retrieved 2006-09-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Neil Modie (2006-09-16). "Senate race has national echoes". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2006-09-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  5. ^ "Hong Tran, Democrat for U.S. Senate". KUOW. 2006-07-11. Retrieved 2006-09-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. Jean Chemnick (2006-08-17). "The CQPolitics Interview: Hong Tran (Wash. Senate)". CQPolitics.com. Retrieved 2006-09-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. Neil Modie (2006-07-12). "Last Cantwell rival believes campaign offered job to end all opposition". Seattle P-I. Retrieved 2006-09-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. Donald Lambro (2006-07-24). "Washington Senatorial Cliffhanger". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2006-09-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. Robert L. Jamieson Jr. (2006-07-11). "Do hires make her Maria, Queen of Smarts?". Seattle P-I. Retrieved 2006-09-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. Josh Feit (2006-06-07). "Crashing the Party". The Stranger. Retrieved 2006-09-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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