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Posted on Oct 19, 2006

A Republican congressional candidate in Orange County has been asked by his own party to exit the race after he was implicated in mailing threats to Latino voters.  Tan D. Nguyen denies responsibility for the mailer, which said immigrants would be jailed if they attempted to vote.

AP (via SFGate.com):

Tan D. Nguyen denied knowing anything about the letter in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press but said he fired a campaign staffer who may have been responsible for it.

County Republican Chairman Scott Baugh, however, said that after speaking with state investigators and the company that distributed the mailer, he believes Nguyen had direct knowledge of “obnoxious and reprehensible” letter. He told the AP that the party’s executive committee voted unanimously to urge Nguyen to drop out of the race against Democratic U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez.

“I learned information that allows me to draw the conclusion that not only was Mr. Nguyen’s campaign involved in this, but that Mr. Nguyen was personally involved in expediting the mailer,” Baugh said in a telephone interview.

State and federal officials were investigating the letter, which was written in Spanish and mailed to an estimated 14,000 Democratic voters in central Orange County. It warns, “You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time.”

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By Spinoza, October 20, 2006 at 2:27 pm #
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Right wingers seem much more dedicated and fanatical then those on the left.  Why is that and what does it say about how the left should respond? This is especially important because the right controls directly or indirectly most means of mass communication.

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By Rebel Girl, October 20, 2006 at 10:24 am #
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Also of note is the the fact that one of Tan Nguyen’s paid consultants is Tom Fuentes, former longtime head of the Orange County GOP and known for his deployment of poll guards at polling stations in Latino disticts in 1988.

Fuentes now serves on the local college board - some may remember that last year he tried to cancel a study abroad program in Spain on the grounds that Spain had pulled out of Iraq.

Recently Fuentes was appointed by Dennis Hastert to serve on the national Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) - disturbing in light of his poll guard past and - with Nguyen’s scandal - his present.

our local blog has info on Fuentes as consultant to Nguyen:

http://dissenttheblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/tom-fuentes -campaign-advis_116127373266402036.html

Fuentes’ appointment to the EAC:

http://dissenttheblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/well-respec ted-individual_29.html

It’s Orange County, Jake.

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