Derek Tran, a consumer rights lawyer and U.S. Army veteran based in Orange, has announced that he is running for Congress as a Democrat in California’s 45th Congressional District.
From the story in the Huffington Post:
“I’m running for Congress to put people over politics, to protect our democracy and to ensure that everyone, no matter what neighborhood they come from, has an opportunity to get ahead and live the American dream without fear of losing their freedoms,” Tran said. “Unlike MAGA Michelle who’s not on our side. She’s turned her back on us, CA-45, and made Trump, her party, and corporate backers her priority. People deserve better.”
Tran and his wife Michelle, a pharmacist, live in the city of Orange, where they are raising three kids. They are co-owners of a pharmacy, and Tran mentors underprivileged kids at an area school.
Tran is a board member of the Consumer Attorneys of California and has a reputation has a good funraiser. He’s a self-described moderate and seems eager to be able to reach across the aisle to work with Republicans. That said, he has not held political office before.