Joseph Cao
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | William J. Jefferson |
| Succeeded by | Cedric Richmond |
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| Born |
Cao Quang Ánh March 13, 1967 Saigon, South Vietnam |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Hieu "Kate" Hoang |
| Children | Sophia and Betsy |
| Residence | Venetian Isles, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
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Jersey Village High School, near Houston, Texas Baylor University Fordham University Loyola University New Orleans |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | http://josephcao.house.gov/ |
Ánh Quang "Joseph" Cao (/ˈɡaʊ/ GOW;Vietnamese: Cao Quang Ánh; born March 13, 1967) is a Vietnamese American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. In April 2011, Cao announced his candidacy for the office of Attorney General of Louisiana; however, in September 2011 he pulled out of the race, and the incumbent Buddy Caldwell ran unopposed for a second term.
He is the first Vietnamese American to serve in Congress, and the first and thus far only Republican from his New Orleans-based district since 1891. In December 2015, he announced that he would run for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring fellow Republican David Vitter in 2016. He finished eleventh in the jungle primary and, as such, did not advance to the general election.
Cao's father, My Quang Cao (1931–2010), was a lieutenant in the South Vietnamese Army and was captured by the North Vietnamese Army at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. His mother, Khang Thi Tran (born 1935), did not immediately flee South Vietnam. She stayed with five of Cao's siblings and was allowed to visit her husband only five times during the seven years he was imprisoned in a Communist "re-education camp". Anh Cao was eight years old when he went to the United States in 1975 with two other siblings and an uncle as refugees. Once released, Cao's father joined his family in Houston, Texas, while suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and diabetes.
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