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Bao Nguyen
Mayor of Garden Grove
Assumed office
December 2014
Preceded byBruce Broadwater
Trustee of Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education
In office
July 2011 – December 2014
Personal details
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Thailand
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materPacifica High School
University of California, Irvine
Naropa University
OccupationCommunity organizer, educator, politician

Bao Nguyen (born 1980) is an American Democratic politician from Orange County, California and the mayor of Garden Grove.[1] Prior, he served as a trustee on the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education. Nguyen is a candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2016 for California's 46th congressional district.

Early life and education

Nguyen was born in a UN refugee camp in Thailand to parents escaping Vietnam, and arrived in the United States when he was 3 months old.[2] He attended school within the Garden Grove Unified School District. He attended Garden Grove High School, and graduated from Pacifica High School.[3]

Nguyen graduated from UC Irvine with a bachelor’s degree in political science. As an undergraduate, he interned for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Rockville, Maryland.[1][4] Nguyen also earned a master's degree in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies from Naropa University.[1]

Political career

Nguyen was appointed to the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education in 2011, after a close race in 2010. He was elected as a trustee in 2012, and served a term as vice president. As a board member, he fought against the exclusion of LGBT Vietnamese from the annual Little Saigon Tết Parade.[5][6] He resigned from the Board of Trustees in 2014 due to becoming mayor.[7][8]

Nguyen defeated incumbent Bruce Broadwater by 15 votes in the 2014 election to become mayor of Garden Grove. He became the first Vietnamese-American mayor of Garden Grove.[9] As mayor, he sought to improve government transparency and accountability, and to engage voters by making city finance records available online.[10][11][12] Nguyen was appointed by the state governor to the Orange County Fair and Event Center Board of Directors.[1][13] He resigned the position in 2015.[13]

The president of the Garden Grove Police Association, a political opponent of Nguyen, "surreptitiously recorded a conversation" in June 2015 with Nguyen, then newly-elected mayor.[14] According to the OC Weekly, "during the discussion, Nguyen called [Garden Grove] City Councilman Phat Bui 'a fucking dick,' a reference to efforts by Bui's supporters to label Nguyen a communist sympathizer for not vehemently protesting Riverside's sister-city relationship with Can Tho, Vietnam". Nguyen stated the insinuation was inaccurate and that he simply "didn't think one city council should tell another what to do".[14]

Nguyen is currently a candidate in the 2016 election for the House of Representatives to succeed Loretta Sanchez in California's 46th congressional district.[15][16] In the June primary election, Nguyen came in second with 14.6% of the vote, after Correa, who received 43.7% of the vote.[17][18]In the November 2016 general election, he will be running against fellow Democrat Lou Correa due to California's top-two primary.[19] Nguyen endorsed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.[20] In September 2016, Nguyen was criticized by Correa, his opponent in the 2016 election, for voting in favor of continuing a contract for GEO Group to operate the Garden Grove jail, due to the company's controversial history. Nguyen countered by characterizing the jail as a "booking facility" and stated that there had been no prior issues with the company at the jail, and that the recommendation of city staff had been to renew the contract.[21]

Personal life

In July 2015, Nguyen came out as gay.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mayor Bao Nguyen". City of Garden Grove. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Do, Anh (November 18, 2014). "Two cities in Little Saigon elect Vietnamese American mayors". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Meet Bao: His Story". Bao Nguyen for Congress 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Voter Information for Bao Quoc Nguyen". SmartVoter. League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Lam, Andrew (December 9, 2014). "Bao Nguyen, Rabble Rouser Transforming Politics in Little Saigon, OC". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Arellano, Gustavo (2013-02-06). "[UPDATED: Majority of Trustees Agree!] Bao Nguyen, Garden Grove Unified Trustee, To Ask District Not Allow Homophobic Tet Parade Organizers Use of School Bus". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Garden Grove Unified School District Board Minutes, December 2, 2014" (PDF). Garden Grove Unified School District. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Haire, Chris (2014-12-11). "School board to appoint replacement for Bao Nguyen". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Ramirez, Bianca (November 18, 2014). "Garden Grove's first Vietnamese-American mayor plans to be a hands-on leader". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Vo, Thy (2015-05-19). "After Year of Scandal, Garden Grove Makes Transparency High Priority". Voice of OC. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "New Open Government Site Furthers City Transparency" (Press release). City of Garden Grove. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Bai, Stephany (November 18, 2015). "Bao Nguyen, First Vietnamese-American Mayor of Major U.S. City, is Running For Congress". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ a b Taylor, Janet (November 19, 2015). "Transcript Meeting Of The OCFEC Board of Directors 32nd District Agricultural Association" (PDF).
  14. ^ a b Moxley, R. Scott. "Garden Grove Police Union Boss Secretly Recorded Private Conversation With Mayor". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  15. ^ Wisckol, Martin (October 12, 2015). "Garden Grove mayor Bao Nguyen to announce bid for Congress". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Lam, Charles (2015-10-14). "In the Heart of Santa Ana, Bao Nguyen Makes His (Third) Stand". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "California's 46th Congressional District election, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Wisckol, Martin (2016-06-07). "46th Congressional District: Lou Correa advances to November". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Wisckol, Martin (2016-06-21). "Democrats Lou Correa, Bao Nguyen will face off for Loretta Sanchez's seat". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Mayor Bao Nguyen Endorses Bernie Sanders For President" (Press release). Garden Grove, California: Bao Nguyen for Congress. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-09-14. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Wisckol, Martin (2016-09-19). "Attacks between Lou Correa and Bao Nguyen grow in the race to replace Loretta Sanchez". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  22. ^ "Bao Nguyen announces Congressional run".
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