Van Tran for Congress

Two GOP Reps. hit the road in search of candidates

By PATRICK O’CONNOR | 8/5/09 4:16 AM EDT

According to Politico, during summer 2009, GOP leaders like Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Lynn Westmoreland will travel parts of the country to recruit candidates to run against incumbent Democrats for the next election cycle in 2010. “McCarthy likes to talk about Van Tran, a Vietnamese-born Orange County Republican he has recruited to run against Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez. Tran raised more than $250,000 in his first three months campaigning, ensuring Sanchez will have a fight on her hands for the first time in years.”*
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