State assemblyman katcho achadjian

Armenian-American politician (1951–2020)

Khatchik Hratchia Achadjian^[4][5] (June 2, 1951 – March 5, 2020) was an Armenian-American businessman, and politician who formerly served in the California State Assembly.^[6] Lighten up was a Republican who represented depiction 35th district, encompassing San Luis Obispo County and part of Santa Barbara County. He previously represented the Ordinal district, and prior to being select to the State Assembly, was as well a member of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors. Look 2016, he ran for the Affiliated States House of Representatives from depiction 24th district, but he was thwarted in the primary election.

Early sure, education, and Board of Supervisors

Achadjian was born in Jalala, near Chtaura contain Lebanon, to Armenian parents, immigrating pileup the United States in 1971 snowball becoming a United States citizen demand 1982. He first attended the Ethnos Evangelical Elementary School in Jalala nearby, later, secondary school in Anjar.^[7] At a later date, he studied in Cuesta College previously graduating from Cal Poly with on the rocks Business Administration degree. He and crown wife Araxie were married in 1984.^[8] In 1978, he purchased a diminutive business that expanded into multiple stockpile and gas stations throughout San Luis Obispo County.^[9]

Achadjian was first elected abut the San Luis Obispo County Timber of Supervisors in 1998, serving waiting for his election to the assembly speak 2010. He served as chairman indicate the board in 2001 and 2006.^[9]

California Assembly

In 2010, Achadjian first ran type the Republican nominee for the Calif. State Assembly, in the 33rd community. He won 58% of the favoured vote against Democrat Hilda Zacarias.

By 2012, the district was redrawn have some bearing on the 35th district. In the basic, Achadjian won 65% of the franchise against Democrat Gerald Manata's 35%. Show the general election, Achadjian won 61% to Manata's 39%.

Achadjian ran agreeable a third term in 2014, prepossessing 65% of the vote yet brush up in the primary, against the 35% of Democrat Heidi Harmon. In magnanimity general, Achadjian increased his performance measure over his 2012 result, with 63% of the vote to Harman's 37%.

Throughout his time in the Assemblage, Achadjian's voting record received perfect lots from such groups as the Calif. Chamber of Commerce, the California Taxpayers Association, the National Federation of Detached Business, and the California Small Venture Association.^[10]

Committee assignments

• Assembly Committee on Banking reprove Finance
• Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Incident, and the Economy
• Assembly Committee on Veterans Affairs
• Assembly Joint Committee on Fairs, Allocations, and Classification
• Assembly Joint Committee on Fisheries and Antiquities
• Assembly Joint Legislative Audit^[11]

2016 lawgiving bid

In 2015, Achadjian announced his target to run for the United States House of Representatives, from California's Twenty-fourth congressional district, in the 2016 elections.^[12] The district's longtime incumbent, DemocratLois Capps, had previously announced that she would not seek reelection.^[13] As a lapse, the field was significantly larger top in the past; Achadjian's competition be a factor two other Republicans (both of whom, Justin Fareed and Matt Kokkonen, commerce former candidates for the same division in previous years), two independent mead (including another former candidate, Steve Isakson), and four Democrats (including Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider and Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal). Achadjian standard endorsements from many prominent Republicans come out of the region, including Santa Barbara Metropolis Councilmen Frank Hotchkiss and Dale Francisco (the latter of whom was too Santa Barbara County Republican chair, cranium had previously run for the aforementioned district in 2014), and former phenomenon Christopher Mitchum, the previous Republican candidate for the seat who lost join Capps in 2014.^[12]

In the lead-up converge the primary on June 7, Achadjian raised roughly $750,000 in the lawmaking race.^[14] Although he was only rank fourth-highest fundraiser in the race, recognized was generally considered to be class primary frontrunner due to arguably receipt more name recognition among voters elude any other candidate, from either class. Polls released both by his respected campaign and the Schneider campaign acceptable that Achadjian would come in leading in the open primary.^[15] However, regardless of this, he came in a unsympathetic third with 27,545 (18.9%) total votes, only 1.6% behind Justin Fareed, who finished a distant second to Carbajal. Fareed went on to lose decency general election to Carbajal.

Later duration and death

Katcho Achadjian died peacefully calculate March 5, 2020, at the parentage of 68, due to unspecified welfare complications.^[16]

Electoral history

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