FYI,

NEW REPORT ON THE ASIAN AMERICAN VOTE IN THE 2008 ELECTIONS SHOWS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR OBAMA AND GROWING NUMBERS OF FIRST-TIME VOTERS

http://www.aaldef.org/article.php?article_id=403

There are 6 percent of Vietnamese rom 16655 total in the survey.

Here is total breakdown of 6 % of Vietnaemmse.

According to the full report, 30% of Vietnamese American voted for Barack Obama

24% identified as Democrats

Excerpt from the full report:

"In contrast, Vietnamese American voters gave McCain the strongest support of all Asian ethnic groups at 67%. However, further analysis of Vietnamese American voters revealed 69% of those born in the U.S. and 60% of those 18-29 years old voted for Obama. Among Vietnamese American respondents, 15% were born in the U.S. and 25% were between the ages of 18 and 29."

According to Viet Bao newspaper, Dung Nguyen is new committee member of the Democratic party in Camden (Pennsauken). I coulnd not find any news on Dung Nguyen on Democratic party website in Camden or Pennsauken  yesterday. However,  enclosed is URLs of the news in Vietnamese and Demcratic Party of Camden county & Pennsauken.

Nj: Tân Ủy Viên Đảng Dân Chủ Hạt Camden Gốc Vn Đầu Tiên

http://vietbao.com/?ppid=45&pid=5&nid=145340

Camden County Democratic Committee

http://www.camdencountydems.com/

The Pennsauken Democrat Municipal Committee

http://pennsaukendemocrats.org/index.html

FYI,

Enclosed is news and URLs from recount last month.

Cheers,

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May 15, 2009

"Dung Nguyen and Jaye Silver won the other two seats.", from Recount affirms Pennsauken school board election by Philadelphia Inquirer

May 14, 2009

"Those counts show that Andrews-Williams received 803 votes; Kofoet, 809; Silver, 888; and Nguyen, 917.", from Pennsauken school board recount verifies initial result by Cherry Hill Courier Post
==> http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090514/NEWS01/90514019/1006/news01

"The other three candidates -- incumbents Bernhard H. Kofoet, Dung Nguyen and Jaye A. Silver -- won enough votes to retain their seats, according to a tally by the county Board of Elections.", from Pennsauken election recount scheduled for today by Cherry Hill Courier Post

My friend sent me an email so I just put here because he is Vietnamese. In additonal, it's the largest concentration of Vietnamese Americans in the area. The 35th District is located in the heart of Fairfax County, and includes Vienna, Oakton, Dunn Loring and portions of Fairfax.

I scanned through first page of Mark Kean. I tested the language translation of front page by Google. I'm impressed of trying of translations of Google but it is still having a lot of errors that might be danger for public relation with the community that you try to outreach.

For example, the whole sentence: "I live in Vienna with my wife, Alex, and our two children, Tyler and Brenna, who both attend Marshall Road Elementary." is "Tôi sống ở viên của tôi với vợ, Alex, và hai con của chúng tôi, Tyler và Brenna, những người tham gia cả hai Marshall tiểu đường. "

However, I enclose the URL of Virginia races if you would like to check out other candidates in Virginia Democratic Primary on June 09 (Bầu cữ sơ bộ đảng Dân chủ ngày 9 tháng 6)

http://vietvoters.info/pb/wp_1feddc75/wp_1feddc75.html

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Dear friends,

I am writing to you about an exciting race in the Virginia House of Delegates. Mark Keam (www.MarkKeam.com) is a Democrat running for State Delegate. I'm supporting Mark because his experience as a lawyer in both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government makes him well qualified to serve, and he would be the first Asian American elected to the Virginia . There is only one week left until primary Election Day on Tuesday June 9th and we need a lot of help. Unfortunately, one of Mark's opponents has been spreading misinformation about him. We have always run a positive campaign, and will continue to do so. Our response is to recruit as many volunteers as we can to talk to voters and make sure they know the TRUTH.

The three things we need the most are: Canvassing, canvassing, canvassing (Weekdays after 3 pm, Saturdays after 10 am, and Sundays after 12 pm) Phone calling (Especially in language -- Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc.) Covering the polls on Election Day (Shifts from 6 am to 7 pm)

We are having a canvassing kickoff rally this Saturday 6/6 at 12 pm in Virginia with Congressman Gerry Connolly and a few other elected officials. If you can give just one or two hours to help with phone banking (from anywhere in the US), canvassing in VA, or covering the polls on June 9th, please contact us ASAP, so that we can prepare enough materials for everyone. Please contact:

Anne Bautista

Deputy Field Director Keam for Delegate

(703) 350-7213

anne@markkeam.com

or

Hoan Dang

Neighborhood Volunteer Keam for Delegate

202-262-3858

hdang888@gmail.com

Please help forward this message to all your friends.

Thanks,

-Hoan

Robert McDonnell accepted the nomination for Virginia governor from the Republican party delegates in Richmond Virginia without any contest (unopposed).

The Democrat party primary is on June 09 between Creigh Deeds (Virginia state Senator), Terry McAuliffe (former Democratic National Committee chairman), and Brian Moran (former Virginia Delegate).

It will be the interesting race between The Republican Party and The Democratic Party 2010. There will be the first match between two new chairmen: Michale Steele (The Republican Party) and Time Kane (The Democratic Party). The Republican Party will try to retake the governor seat that they lost in 2002. The Democratic Party will try to hold on what they gained since 2002 until 2008.

You probably will ask me what this race is matter with Vietnames Americans. It will the first test if Vietnamese Americans will support the Democratic Party because Tim Kane signed some bills that are favored Vietnamese American while he was in office. It will be the first test to see if the Democratic Party will gain any ground in Vietnamese American community (the only one that they are still working on in term of Asian American in the poll).