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Tuan Phan
Tuan Phan (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 15th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 3, 2020.
Phan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: California's 15th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 15
Incumbent Eric Swalwell defeated Alison Hayden in the general election for U.S. House California District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Swalwell (D) | 70.9 | 242,991 |
 | Alison Hayden (R)  | 29.1 | 99,710 | |
| Total votes: 342,701 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 15
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 15 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Swalwell (D) | 59.0 | 103,826 |
| ✔ | | Alison Hayden (R) | 17.0 | 29,864 |
| Sam Campbell (D) | 9.8 | 17,286 | ||
 | Peter Liu (R) | 7.8 | 13,634 | |
| Tuan Phan (D) | 3.7 | 6,509 | ||
| Austin Intal (D) | 1.4 | 2,548 | ||
 | Don Grundmann (Independent) | 1.2 | 2,194 | |
| Total votes: 175,861 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Aisha Wahab (D)
- Jacob Vital (Independent)
- Bob Wieckowski (D)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tuan Phan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Phan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In the Bay Area, the cost of living is through the roof and there is no hope of buying a home unless you and your spouse are top income earners. My peers and I were all paid well as engineers and scientists, but none of us are able to buy homes to put down roots in the Bay Area. If we in the "professional class" have difficulty making it in the Bay, what hope does the average blue collar worker or teacher have? This is why my campaign is about empowering and restoring the middle class, so we can have a better standard of living for our average citizens, and not just the 1%.
- Restore the middle class by addressing income inequality
- Raise wages through unionization and create jobs through the Green New Deal
- Provide healthcare with Medicare for All
All issues from health care access to climate change can be traced back to income inequality and the hollowing out of the middle class. All of the wealth and opportunities in life have been sucked up and funneled to the top 1% while the rest of us fight for scraps.
Robert Kennedy for his steadfast loyalty to his brother, and his courage to continue his brother's work after his assassination, and his deep dedication to civil rights and equality. I am inspired by how Robert found wisdom through suffering and his reflection of life through the lens of Greek tragedy.
Judiciary- Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Adminstrative Law
And also Pete Stark. He had a lot of foot in mouth moments towards the end of his tenure, but he was a vocal opponent of the Iraq war from the jump and raised good questions about how the war will be funded. He spoke frankly and sometimes abrasively, but the fiscal responsibility he advocated is admirable.
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See also
2020 Elections
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