From Wake Up Call : According to an aide, CA-47 candidate Van Tran (R) "knew the location" he chose for his campaign launch "was outside the district," but he went with it anyway because it’s only "like a block" outside ("Total Buzz")

After years of will-he or won’t-he speculation, Assemblyman Van Tran officially launched his quest to unseat Rep. Loretta Sanchez at a press conference this afternoon at a Little Saigon office building in Westminster.

Google mapping logistics aside, isn’t Van Tran the best candidate name … ever?

Possible slogans:

Van Tran is the man
Van Tran has the plan to get the economy out of the can!
Do you Van Tran?
Reach out "van" touch someone
If this Van Tran’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’

Tran campaign volunteers:

Van-Trannies

Favorite movie:

Van Tran-spotting

Favorite Action Hero:

Jean Claude Van Tran