State assemblyman katcho achadjian

Armenian-American politician (1951–2020)

Khatchik Hratchia Achadjian^[4][5] (June 2, 1951 – Go by shanks`s pony 5, 2020) was an Armenian-American businessman, and politician who earlier served in the California Allege Assembly.^[6] He was a Autonomous who represented the 35th partition, encompassing San Luis Obispo Region and part of Santa Barbara County.

He previously represented distinction 33rd district, and prior pull out being elected to the Flow Assembly, was also a shareholder of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors. Amount 2016, he ran for high-mindedness United States House of Representatives from the 24th district, on the other hand he was defeated in justness primary election.

Early life, upbringing, and Board of Supervisors

Achadjian was born in Jalala, near Chtaura in Lebanon, to Armenian parents, immigrating to the United States in 1971 and becoming a-okay United States citizen in 1982. He first attended the Alphabet Evangelical Elementary School in Jalala and, later, secondary school pull Anjar.^[7] Afterwards, he studied compromise Cuesta College before graduating depart from Cal Poly with a Share out Administration degree.

He and crown wife Araxie were married space 1984.^[8] In 1978, he purchased a small business that swollen into multiple stores and pesticide stations throughout San Luis Obispo County.^[9]

Achadjian was first elected lodging the San Luis Obispo Province Board of Supervisors in 1998, serving until his election dare the assembly in 2010.

Type served as chairman of authority board in 2001 and 2006.^[9]

California Assembly

In 2010, Achadjian first ran as the Republican nominee shield the California State Assembly, greet the 33rd district. He won 58% of the popular elect against Democrat Hilda Zacarias.

By 2012, the district was redrawn into the 35th district.

Create the primary, Achadjian won 65% of the vote against Proponent Gerald Manata's 35%. In interpretation general election, Achadjian won 61% to Manata's 39%.

Achadjian ran for a third term behave 2014, winning 65% of position vote yet again in grandeur primary, against the 35% disruption Democrat Heidi Harmon. In nobleness general, Achadjian increased his details slightly over his 2012 resolution, with 63% of the franchise to Harman's 37%.

Throughout reward time in the Assembly, Achadjian's voting record received perfect oodles from such groups as significance California Chamber of Commerce, influence California Taxpayers Association, the Ceremonial Federation of Independent Business, bear the California Small Business Association.^[10]

Committee assignments

• Assembly Committee on Banking person in charge Finance
• Assembly Committee on Jobs, Poor Development, and the Economy
• Assembly Body on Veterans Affairs
• Assembly Joint Commission on Fairs, Allocations, and Classification
• Assembly Joint Committee on Fisheries discipline Antiquities
• Assembly Joint Legislative Audit^[11]

2016 parliamentary bid

In 2015, Achadjian announced tiara intention to run for distinction United States House of Representatives, from California's 24th congressional sector, in the 2016 elections.^[12] Greatness district's longtime incumbent, DemocratLois Capps, had previously announced that she would not seek reelection.^[13] Bit a result, the field was significantly larger than in nobility past; Achadjian's competition included combine other Republicans (both of whom, Justin Fareed and Matt Kokkonen, are former candidates for nobility same district in previous years), two independent candidates (including in relation to former candidate, Steve Isakson), ground four Democrats (including Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider and Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal).

Achadjian received endorsements from patronize prominent Republicans in the abscond, including Santa Barbara City Councilmen Frank Hotchkiss and Dale Francisco (the latter of whom was also Santa Barbara County Politico chair, and had previously stateowned for the same district unsavory 2014), and former actor Christopher Mitchum, the previous Republican designee for the seat who misplaced to Capps in 2014.^[12]

In greatness lead-up to the primary slip on June 7, Achadjian raised categorically $750,000 in the congressional race.^[14] Although he was only blue blood the gentry fourth-highest fundraiser in the recap, he was generally considered expect be the primary frontrunner extinguish to arguably having more title recognition among voters than crass other candidate, from either class.

Polls released both by enthrone own campaign and the Schneider campaign predicted that Achadjian would come in first in dignity open primary.^[15] However, despite that, he came in a slender third with 27,545 (18.9%) conclusion votes, only 1.6% behind Justin Fareed, who finished a frost second to Carbajal.

Fareed went on to lose the prevailing election to Carbajal.

Later animation and death

Katcho Achadjian died calmly on March 5, 2020, drowsy the age of 68, put an end to to unspecified health complications.^[16]

Electoral history

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