Joseph Cao

Ánh Quang "Joseph" Cao ( ; ; born March 13, 1967) is a Vietnamese–American politician. He was the U.S. representative for  from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is the first Vietnamese American and first native of Vietnam to serve in Congress.

Cao was the only Republican congressman to vote for the draft Affordable Health Care for America Act in November 2009. In 2010, he lost his re-election bid to Democrat Cedric Richmond.

In April 2011, Cao announced his candidacy for the office of Attorney General of Louisiana, but in September 2011 he dropped out of the race. In December 2015, he announced that he would run for the United States Senate in 2016. He came in 11th place.

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