Van Tran

CA State Assembly

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-02-2004	Republican	AD-68	78606	Win
11-07-2006	Republican	AD-68	32090	Win
11-04-2008	Republican	AD-68	72034	Win
11-02-2010	Republican	CD-47	37679	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Thai Van Tran
Born: October 19, 1964 in Saigon, Vietnam
Married: Cyndi Nguyen (in 2004)
Child: Alex and Sophie

1998-2000: Member, Garden Grove Planning Commission
Previous: Deputy Mayor, City of Garden Grove
2000-20004: Member, Garden Grove City Council
Previous: Intern, Congressman Robert Dornan
Previous: Intern, State Senator Ed Royce
2006: Early Candidate for SD-34 (withdrew)
2008: Delegate, Republican National Convention
2014: Primary Candidate for SBOE-04 (Lost; 9.0%)
2022-Present: Chief of Staff, Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do
2024: Candidate for Orange County Board of Supervisors (Pending)

• HISTORIC: Tran was the first Vietnamese-American to serve as a state legislator in the US. 

Source: California Legislature Handbook (2005-06)