The primary election is just over less than a week, and the pundits are already predicting upcoming political moves. So from the corners of many Viet coffee bars here in San Jose and Garden Grove, here are what LSI had overheard (Disclaimer: It was difficult to listen to some of these conversations while being constantly distracted with fully and partly nude waitresses in their high heels).
- Madison Nguyen will likely run for the Santa Clara County supervisor in D3 in 2015 if the current supervisor, Dave Cortese, wins the mayoral race in November. This time, she will likely get the endorsement from Mayor Chuck Reed. San Jose D4 is Reed's district and it is part of the the county D1. Nguyen can be quite vindictive as some of her close friends already know. She was and still is very upset when Reed decided not to endorse her in the mayoral race even though she turned her back against Labor just for him. But she is also a smart politician and knows how to move forward.
This is actually a favorable race for her if the Vietnamese-American voters would support her. However, history has shown that she will not get the Vietnamese-American votes so she will have to throw her fortune in the wind again and see how far it will carry.
Her opponent (s) will mostly likely be Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves. Other names keep surfacing including Rose H. and Daisy C.
- Dina Nguyen, the former Garden Grove councilmember, has her eye on Janet Nguyen's seat of OC supervisor D1. She lost the supervisor race to Janet in 2008. If Janet wins the state senatorial race this November, a special election will be held in Feb 2015 for a winner-take-all election. The current GC councilmember, Chris Phan, will no doubt put his hat in the ring. Of course, former assemblyman Van Tran, is no dummy and he can see a golden opportunity when it appears. He knows that even with three Vietnamese candidates, the chance is still there for one of them to win because D1 is so heavily dominated with Vietnamese-American voters. Janet Nguyen won election despite being challenged by 2 Vietnamese candidates. Matter of fact, none of the Hispanic candidates made the top two.
Another interesting candidate seems to be emerging is another former Garden Grove councilmember, Andrew Do. He is a strong candidate and respected by the community.
Of course all of these are coffee bar talks and are irrelevant if Dave Cortese and Janet Nguyen both lose in the runoff. Both Madison and Dina are hoping that is not the case since these are the needed openings for them to salvage their political career.
- Madison Nguyen will likely run for the Santa Clara County supervisor in D3 in 2015 if the current supervisor, Dave Cortese, wins the mayoral race in November. This time, she will likely get the endorsement from Mayor Chuck Reed. San Jose D4 is Reed's district and it is part of the the county D1. Nguyen can be quite vindictive as some of her close friends already know. She was and still is very upset when Reed decided not to endorse her in the mayoral race even though she turned her back against Labor just for him. But she is also a smart politician and knows how to move forward.
This is actually a favorable race for her if the Vietnamese-American voters would support her. However, history has shown that she will not get the Vietnamese-American votes so she will have to throw her fortune in the wind again and see how far it will carry.
Her opponent (s) will mostly likely be Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves. Other names keep surfacing including Rose H. and Daisy C.
- Dina Nguyen, the former Garden Grove councilmember, has her eye on Janet Nguyen's seat of OC supervisor D1. She lost the supervisor race to Janet in 2008. If Janet wins the state senatorial race this November, a special election will be held in Feb 2015 for a winner-take-all election. The current GC councilmember, Chris Phan, will no doubt put his hat in the ring. Of course, former assemblyman Van Tran, is no dummy and he can see a golden opportunity when it appears. He knows that even with three Vietnamese candidates, the chance is still there for one of them to win because D1 is so heavily dominated with Vietnamese-American voters. Janet Nguyen won election despite being challenged by 2 Vietnamese candidates. Matter of fact, none of the Hispanic candidates made the top two.
Another interesting candidate seems to be emerging is another former Garden Grove councilmember, Andrew Do. He is a strong candidate and respected by the community.
Of course all of these are coffee bar talks and are irrelevant if Dave Cortese and Janet Nguyen both lose in the runoff. Both Madison and Dina are hoping that is not the case since these are the needed openings for them to salvage their political career.
