MoveOn is proud to endorse Rep. Derek Tran for reelection in California’s 45th Congressional District!
Leadership and Experience
As an Army veteran, workers’ rights advocate, and small business owner, Derek Tran has dedicated his life and career to serving his community and fighting for working families. The son of refugees who fled the Communist regime in Vietnam, Derek learned the values of hard work and sacrifice early on while working at his family’s corner market. At 18, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to give back to the country that gave his family a second chance, bringing a commonsense, bipartisan approach to public service.
After his military service, Derek chose to skip lucrative corporate law paths to become a consumer and workers’ rights attorney in Orange County. He has dedicated his legal career to holding major corporations accountable and delivering justice for immigrants, survivors of sexual harassment, and victims of workplace discrimination. Alongside his wife Michelle, a local pharmacist, Derek also owns and operates a neighborhood pharmacy, giving him firsthand experience with the economic and healthcare challenges facing local families and small businesses.
How he’ll help your community:
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Standing with Workers: As a workers’ rights attorney, Derek has fought to ensure corporations treat employees fairly. In Congress, he will continue advocating to make the minimum wage a living wage, protect safer working conditions, and defend the right of every worker to look forward to a secure retirement.
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Supporting Small Businesses: As a local pharmacy owner, Derek knows that small businesses are the backbone of our economy. He is committed to cutting taxes for middle-class families and small businesses, while bringing back good-paying jobs in clean energy and advanced manufacturing to keep America competitive.
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Defending Democracy & Free Elections: Derek is firmly committed to defending our democratic institutions and voting rights against threats from Donald Trump and MAGA extremists. He will work to ensure free and fair elections and protect individual freedoms from political overreach.
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Reining in Special Interests: Derek is focused on ending the culture of corruption in Washington. He strongly supports campaign finance reform, increasing transparency, and limiting the influence of corporate lobbyists and special interests to stop wealthy donors from buying elections.
His position on key issues
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Healthcare for All: Derek believes healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Drawing from his background running a pharmacy, he is actively taking on big insurance and pharmaceutical companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs, while fiercely defending Medicare and Medicaid from Republican budget cuts.
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100% Pro-Choice: As the father of a young daughter, Derek stands strongly in support of women’s reproductive freedom. He will fight to protect access to critical women’s health services, birth control, and cancer screenings, and defend federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Standing Firm Against Totalitarianism: Because his family fled a murderous communist regime, Derek stands resolutely against Chinese Communist expansion and totalitarian rule. He supports policies that promote democracy and human rights abroad, protect American economic competitiveness, and secure critical supply chains.
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Investing in Public Education: With three children in public schools, Derek believes education unlocks opportunity. He advocates for investing heavily in community schools, raising teacher pay, expanding early childhood education, and strengthening vocational and job training programs.
To learn more about Derek, visit his website: https://www.derektranforcongress.com