Rep Derek Tran Rakes In Corporate Cash Despite Campaign Pledge

Rep Derek Tran Rakes In Corporate Cash Despite Campaign Pledge

California Democrat Congressman Derek Tran (CA-45) built his campaign around rejecting corporate PAC money and “Big Oil” donations, even earning endorsements from End Citizens United and the League of Conservation Voters for those pledges, but his latest FEC filings tell a different story. Tran’s “no corporate money” campaign has quietly become bankrolled by corporate PACs he once condemned. In October 2023, Tran posted on X, “As a consumer righ…