Brown medical student Stan Tran seeks GOP nomination for R.I. 1st Congressional District

The Providence Journal / Kris Craig

Stan Tran, a Brown University medical student running for the Republican nomination for the 1st Congressional District seat, campaigns Sunday at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Combine youthful optimism with the conviction that even the most intractable problems can be solved, then throw in a sterling education that includes medical school, and you begin to have an understanding of congressional candidate Stan Tran.

Tran, 26, has never run for political office — but now he is seeking the Republican nomination for the 1st District seat held by Democrat David Cicilline. Tran faces Newport’s Cormick B. Lynch, a former Marine and Iraq veteran, in the Sept. 9 primary.

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