VoteVets Endorses Derek Tran for CA-45

Dec

2023

PRESS RELEASE

VoteVets Endorses Derek Tran for CA-45

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, announced the endorsement of VoteVets. VoteVets is supported by over a million and a half people with a mission of electing Democratic veterans to all levels of government.

“Derek’s deep patriotism and commitment to his community and country is exactly what we need more of in Congress,” said Marine Veteran Travis Tazelaar, Political Director at VoteVets PAC. “We have seen time and time again how immigrants make our country stronger, and how they’re so often the first to give back, like Derek. He could have done anything, but chose service in uniform, and then helping his community. We know he’ll fight to protect our rights and freedoms, while always looking out for his fellow Veterans. We’re proud to endorse him.”

VoteVets’ endorsement comes on the heels of endorsements from Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the California House Democratic Delegation, and Rep. Mark Takano, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Tran announced his run 2 months ago, establishing himself as a frontrunner by raising three times what the combined Democratic field raised for Q3 2023 in just two weeks.

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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.