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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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⚫ '''Hong Thi Tran''' (born ] ]) was a candidate in the ] ] ] for the ] in 2006, challenging incumbent ]. Tran received more than 5% 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 the ] and local ].<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><ref name="deserves to lose">{{cite news | url=http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060918-105742-6654r.htm | title=Party rival says Cantwell deserves to lose over war | publisher=The Washington Times | author=Christina Bellantoni | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> Tran is the first Vietnamese-American in the state to run for U.S. Senate, and possibly the first in the country to do so, according to Carol Vu of the Northwest Asian Weekly, who considered Tran's campaign to be "historic."


==Biography== ==Biography==
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"/>
Tran's family lived in ], ] from her birth until they fled the country during the ] to the Communist forces in the spring of 1975, when she was almost eight years old. They escaped ], then were picked up by a ] vessel. They were moved through various refugee camps, eventually making it to the ], and settling in ], ].<ref name="campaign site">{{cite web | url=http://hongtran.com/about.php | title=About Hong | publisher=Hong Tran for U.S. Senate | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref><ref name="The Others"/>


Tran earned a ] from ] in ], ] in 1988. After taking a year off to earn money for tuition, she attended ] at the ] College of Law, receiving her ] in 1992. Tran's start in the ] legal services field started during law school, when she began volunteering at Utah Legal Services, a nonprofit agency providing free civil legal services to low-income families. There she specialized in ], ], ], ], and ] issues.

After graduation, she decided to continue providing legal services to the ] and received a ] to work at Legal Services of North Carolina. After her fellowship, she moved to ] Legal Services where she specialized in child custody cases involving abusive relationships for a year. In 1996, she began working at the Northwest Justice Project in ]. The next 10 years were at the Northwest Justice Project; the first eight were as a Staff Attorney working on advocacy for ] and individuals facing housing discrimination or eviction, including co-authoring briefs submitted to the ]. Between 2004 and 2006, when she resigned her position to campaign, she was an Advocacy Coordinator, mentoring new attorneys and supporting other advocates at her organization. <ref name="campaign site"/>


==2006 Election== ==2006 Election==
{{main|Washington United States Senate election, 2006}} {{main|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 ] 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> After Mark Wilson, a fellow anti-Iraq War candidate, dropped out of the ], endorsed Cantwell, and accepted a position on her campaign staff as "outreach coordinator" with a salary of $8,000 per month, Tran's campaign began receiving more attention, as she was the only anti-war Democratic candidate left in the primary at that time.<ref name=Postman>{{cite web | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2003115000_postman09m.html | title=Cantwell's primary foe turns friend | publisher=Seattle Times | author=David Postman | date=] | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> One day later, Tran was contacted by Del LaMagna (a progressive activist and organizer who himself had been hired by the Cantwell campaign the day before Wilson) 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 those in 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>

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
| 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
| 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/>


⚫ 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"/>
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"/>


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.
⚫ Both media reports and Tran's campaign press releases 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"/>


==See also== ==See also==

Revision as of 22:24, 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 than 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 (polling data from September 2006 does not support Tran's claims; Cantwell holds significant leads over her Republican opponent, Mike McGavick in these polls).. 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 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, 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.. 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."

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.

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. Jerry Cornfield (2006-09-24). "Fight to attract voters begins". The Herald. Retrieved 2006-09-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. Aaron Blake (2006-09-19). "Cantwell polls higher as she adjusts war view". The Hill. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); Text "http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/091906_cantwell.html" ignored (help)
  12. "Washington Senator: Cantwell's Lead Takes 11-Point Leap". Rasmussen Reports. 2006-09-12. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); Text "http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/September%202006/WashingtonSenate.htm" ignored (help)
  13. 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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