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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The state attorney general's office said Wednesday it will not charge a former congressional candidate whose campaign mailed letters warning immigrants against voting.
Tan Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant, was trying to unseat Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez last year when his campaign sent out 14,000 letters to Hispanic immigrants claiming they could be deported or jailed for voting.
The controversy erupted three weeks before the Nov. 2, 2006, election. Sanchez beat Nguyen, a Republican, by nearly 24 percentage points to earn her sixth term representing the Orange County district.
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