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Bao Nguyen

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-2016	Democratic	CD-46	49345	Loss

Candidate Biography:

2016: Delegate, Democratic National Convention

CLOSE CONTEST: Nguyen narrowly won a spot in the 2016 General election when he defeated Bob Peterson by 1,844 votes (0.2%). In fact, it wasn't until June 13th, seven days after the Primary, that Nguyen pulled ahead of Peterson.