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Just a day after announcing a strong endorsement from OC Supervisor Katrina Foley, Garden Grove Councilwoman Kim Bernice Nguyen announced a major, game-changing endorsement from the LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, an umbrella organization that represents 48 local unions in 14 trades and 140,000 skilled workers in Los Angeles and Orange County.
Upon endorsing Ms. Nguyen for Congress, Orange County Council Representative Ernesto Medrano stated:
“On behalf of the 140,000 skilled men and women across 48 building trades unions in Los Angeles and Orange County, I am proud to announce our endorsement of Kim Bernice Nguyen for Congress. Kim has proven herself to be a labor champion, helping to deliver thousands of high-wage, high skilled local jobs in Garden Grove and the surrounding County. We know she will be a voice for working families in congress and hope you will join us in supporting Kim Bernice Nguyen for CA-45!”
Since announcing her congressional campaign, Kim Bernice Nguyen has amassed nearly 40 state, county, local, education, and labor endorsements, including OC Supervisor Katrina Foley, State Senator Tom Umberg, Former State Assemblyman Tom Daly, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, United Association Local 250, and the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 36, among others.
The daughter of a Vietnamese refugee and a Mexican immigrant, Kim Bernice Nguyen was the first in her family to graduate high school and college. At just 25, she won a historic election as the youngest person and first Latina ever elected to the Garden Grove City Council. A leader on women’s issues, Ms. Nguyen has stood up to harassment and sought equality and justice throughout Southern California and has fought to ensure that immigrants, like her parents, have the dignity and opportunity to succeed in our communities. A homegrown leader, Ms. Nguyen attended Clinton-Mendenhall Elementary, Doig Intermediate, and Santiago High School. As a healthcare expert, she will bring a much-needed public health background to Congress, having formerly worked for CalOptima and now as a Program Manager for a large health plan.
CA-45 is one of the top pickup opportunities for Democrats in 2024. It is a Biden +6 district with a Democratic registration advantage of 5.6%. Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Latino voters are a majority of the district at 51.6% – with Vietnamese voters making up the largest block of AAPI voters at 58.4%. If elected, Ms. Nguyen would be the first person of Vietnamese descent ever elected to Congress in California and only the third in US history. She would also be the first Asian-Latina in Congress and one of a growing group of millennials seeking to make change on our most crucial issues.
