her campaign to Democratic voters and PCOs in an attempt to control the primary results; party chair Dwight Pelz and spokesman Kelly Steele claimed that her campaign didn't have enough resources to utilize the information in the voter database. Despite these differences with the party leadership, Tran was able to win the sole endorsement of Cantwell's home district, the 32nd Legislative District, and shared endorsements with Cantwell in three other legislative districts, the 40th, 25th, and 26th LDs. Tran also stated the following positions on her campaign website: Health care: Tran supports single-payer universal health care for the U.S. Social security: Tran opposes increasing retirement age past the current age of 67. She also opposes benefit reductions and privatization of Social security. Education: Tran opposes taxpayer-funded school voucher programs. She is in favor of increased funding for education and reduction in class size. Immigration: Tran is opposed to criminalization of illegal immigrants and is opposed to guest-worker programs. Environment: Tran supports toughening environmental laws. Gay marriage: Tran supports marriage equality. Abortion: Tran is pro-choice. 2012 Judicial Election In 2012, Tran became a candidate for King County Superior Court Judge, Department 29, running against senior deputy prosecutor Sean O'Donnell. A controversy arose over the King County Bar Association's rating of Tran as "not qualified" despite her experience in legal work; several state and local judges questioned the accuracy of the rating. In the August 7th primary election, Tran lost with 23.11% of the vote against O'Donnell's share of 76.89% of the vote. References American women of Vietnamese descent in politics 1966 births Living people Washington (state) lawyers Washington (state) Democrats American anti–Iraq War activists Vietnamese emigrants to the United States Agnes Scott College alumni University of Utah alumni 21st-century American women