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Jan
29
2024
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VIDEO: Derek Tran Releases New Ad “Service”

Garden Grove, CA — Today, Workers’ Rights Advocate, U.S. Army Veteran, Consumer Rights Attorney, City Commissioner, and Small Business Owner Derek Tran, who is running in California’s 45th Congressional District, released a new ad highlighting his personal story as the son of Vietnamese immigrants, enlisted in the Army at the age of 18, and went on to build a legal practice advocating on behalf of workers who were discriminated against for their sex, race, or sexual orientation. Derek and his wife also own a small brick and mortar family pharmacy together. The DCCC has listed CA-45 as a “District in Play” for the 2024 cycle.

Watch The Ad “Serve” Here

This ad comes on the heels of strong poll numbers for Tran, over $500,000 raised in just three months, and a series of high-profile endorsements which include: 2022 CA-45 Democratic Nominee Jay Chen, CA AG Rob Bonta, VoteVets, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the California House Democratic Delegation, Rep. Mark Takano, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. A full endorsement list can be seen here.

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California’s 45th is a Congressional District representing portions of Orange and Los Angeles Counties in Southern California. A majority-minority district, the District has the second largest AAPI population (36.97%) of any Congressional District, and the largest Vietnamese community in the country.  President Biden won the current district lines by +6 points and it has a +6 point Democratic registration advantage. It includes all or part of the Cities of Garden Grove, Westminster, Cerritos, Buena Park, Placentia, Hawaiian Gardens, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Artesia, Los Alamitos, La Palma, Brea, Lakewood, and Fullerton, as well as the unincorporated community of Rossmoor.

The DCCC has listed it as a “District In Play.”

Use of Derek Tran's military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Dept. of Defense or U.S. Army.