ExchangeThe 45-year-old is a lawyer and US Army veteran who runs a pharmacy with his wife Michelle. He is the son of refugees who fled communist Vietnam and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley.
Tran’s first term included small victories for her constituents, including helping reduce processing times for small businesses and individuals seeking Social Security. Small business loan payments this year total $5 millionHis office informed. He also delivered $1 million to the city Cypress for flood prevention infrastructure.
He has also supported the bills, like warrior actWhich codifies a woman’s ability to serve in combat in the armed forces. He and Republican Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.) co-wrote it Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Foreign Interference Protection ActThe objective of which is to protect such institutions from hacking and cyber war.
tom that Born in Vietnam, served as a fighter pilot for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and moved to Southern California as a refugee after the Vietnam War. He opened a Taekwondo studio in several locations throughout Southern California and has also worked as a real estate agent.
Chi Charlie Nguyen, The Mayor of Westminster previously served as a city council member and board member for the city’s waste management service.
Nguyen, 61, said he fled Vietnam at the age of 14 after his father was taken to a “re-education camp.”
“America has given me the opportunity to pursue my dreams, start a family, build a career, and serve my community,” he said in an email. “So, I’m running to give back to Congress, and to fight against the radical left, which sometimes makes me wonder if I’m living in a communist country again.”
chuong wo He served as Mayor of Cerritos while a member of the city council from 2020 to 2025. Vo, 50, recently retired after working as an officer for the Torrance Police Department since 1999.
He considers himself a natural problem solver and was asked by friends and community leaders to run, he said on his campaign website.
“I have planned my retirement to spend more time with my son during his final years of high school,” he said. said in a statement. “Since then, crime has increased, costs have increased, and politics has become trivial and less honest.”
amy fan west, 45, is the second member of the Westminster City Council to compete for the congressional seat.
Phan West’s parents fled Vietnam in a fishing boat in 1985 and, after spending two years in a refugee camp, were granted asylum in the United States, according to his campaign website.
She and her husband, Jeremy, own a rental car business, and Fan West, a Republican, said in her candidacy statement that she was “standing up to protect President Trump and the America First movement.”
mark leonard, 36, is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and an operations analyst who is running because he feels this district deserves a candidate “who works for everybody.”
He said he shops at the same stores and faces the same problems as the families he talks to. His time in the Marine Corps taught him that leadership means putting others first, and his background in business and analytics means learning to filter out the noise and focus on what really works.
Their three main issues are housing costs, job security and health care.
