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Cao wants to join Black Caucus
(Prospect·L) Viet-Am Rep. Anh Cao (R-LA), whose district is majority black, wants to join the Congressional Black Caucus. [Was your ISA *for* desis only, or *about* desis and open to all? Exactly.]
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(MSNBC) House minority party leader John Boehner (R-OH) never met Anh Cao before he won in Louisiana. The NRCC offered just $50,000 for turnout, and GOP aides had to watch his ads on YouTube to learn how to pronounce his name.
The accidental minority Republican
(Amconmag) Essentially no one in the GOP hierarchy was backing Joe Cao — they didn’t even know who he was. The most outstanding Republican House candidate was the one not actively supported by his party.
Accidental diversity
(Politico) Newly elected in Louisiana, Anh ‘Joe’ Cao joins 3 Cuban-Americans as the only minority Republicans in the House. His district actually voted 75% for Obama.
First Viet-Am congressman
(NYT) A Vietnamese-American refugee has narrowly unseated corrupt Rep. Bill Jefferson (D-LA). Anh Cao, who stands 5’2’�, recently registered Republican after decades of being an independent.