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PRESS RELEASE
October 24, 2006
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918
ANCA ANNOUNCES CONGRESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTS
— Throws Community’s Support Behind 16 U.S. Senate
and 196 House Pro-Armenian American Candidates
WASHINGTON, DC – With just two weeks to go before the most hotly
contested Congressional election in more than a decade, the
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) today released its
2006 endorsements, throwing the political and electoral strength of
the Armenian American community behind supportive candidates for
the Senate and House of Representatives from forty U.S. States.
"We are pleased to offer our Congressional endorsements as a
resource to help Armenian American voters make informed decisions
at the ballot box on November 7th," said ANCA Executive Director
Aram Hamparian. "With so many races being closely contested, we
encourage all Armenian Americans to go to the polls and support
each of our friends, starting in New Jersey with Senator Bob
Menendez – ANCA’s top electoral priority for 2006."
To the acclaim of Armenian Americans from the Garden State and
throughout the nation, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), last month,
placed a hold on the confirmation of Richard Hoagland, the
President’s highly controversial nominee for U.S. Ambassador to
Armenia, due to his statements denying the Armenian Genocide. The
ANC of New Jersey has mobilized volunteers, donors, and voters
across the state to support the Senator’s campaign.
The ANCA endorsements are based primarily on the ANCA Congressional
Report Card, a detailed review of each incumbent’s record across a
broad range of Armenian American issues. These Report Cards,
prepared in consultation with local ANCA chapters across the
country, cover issues ranging from securing a just resolution of
the Armenian Genocide and the strengthening U.S.-Armenia relations
to defending Nagorno Karabagh’s independence and increasing U.S.
aid and trade levels.
Among the specific criteria measured were membership in the
Armenian Caucus and willingness to advance pro-Armenian American
legislation, including the Armenian Genocide resolutions, the
Railroad bill, measures against Turkey and Azerbaijan’s illegal
blockades, as well as legislative initiatives to end the genocide
that is taking place today in Darfur. Also considered was the
level of support for Congressional initiatives demanding the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, calling for increased aid to
Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh, supporting the Republic of Nagorno
Karabagh’s independence, protesting PBS’s decision to provide a
platform for Armenian Genocide deniers, and standing up against the
unjustified firing of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, and
protesting the President’s unacceptable nominee to replace him in
Yerevan.
Complete information about grading criteria as well as individual
ANCA Report Cards will be posted on the ANCA Website on Friday,
October 27th.
A complete list of ANCA Congressional endorsements is provided
below.
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ANCA 2006 Congressional Endorsements
Arizona:
District #4: Ed Pastor (D)
District #7: Raul Grijalva (D)
Arkansas:
District #1: Marion Berry (D)
District #4: Mike Ross (D)
California:
Senate: Dianne Feinstein (D)
District #1: Mike Thompson (D)
District #3: Dan Lungren (R)
District #4: John Doolittle (R)
District #5: Doris Matsui (D)
District #6: Lynn Woolsey (D)
District #7: George Miller (D)
District #8: Nancy Pelosi (D)
District #9: Barbara Lee (D)
District #10: Ellen Tauscher (D)
District #11: Richard Pombo (R)
District #13: Pete Stark (D)
District #14: Anna Eshoo (D)
District #15: Michael Honda (D)
District #16: Zoe Lofgren (D)
District #17: Sam Farr (D)
District #18: Dennis Cardoza (D)
District #19: George Radanovich (R)
District #20: Jim Costa (D)
District #21: Devin Nunes (R)
District #23: Lois Capps (D)
District #24: Elton Gallegly (R)
District #25: Buck McKeon (R)
District #27: Brad Sherman (D)
District #28: Howard Berman (D)
District #29: Adam Schiff (D)
District #30: Henry Waxman (D)
District #31: Xavier Becerra (D)
District #32: Hilda Solis (D)
District #33: Diane Watson (D)
District #34: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
District #35: Maxine Waters (D)
District #37: Juanita Millender-McDonald (D)
District #38: Grace Napolitano (D)
District #39: Linda Sanchez (D)
District #40: Edward Royce (R)
District #43: Joe Baca (D)
District #44: Ken Calvert (R)
District #45: Mary Bono (R)
District #46: Dana Rohrabacher (R)
District #47: Loretta Sanchez (D)
District #48: John Campbell (R)
District #49: Darrell Issa (R)
District #51: Bob Filner (D)
District #53: Susan Davis (D)
Colorado:
District #1: Diana DeGette (D)
District #2: Mark Udall (D)
District #4: Marilyn Musgrave (R)
Connecticut:
Senate: Joe Lieberman (I)
District #1: John Larson (D)
District #2: Rob Simmons (R)
District #3: Rosa DeLauro (D)
District #4: Christopher Shays (R)
District #5: Nancy Johnson (R)
District of Columbia:
At Large: Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
Florida:
District #14: Connie Mack (R)
District #17: Kendrick Meek (D)
District #18: Illeana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
District #21: Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)
District #22: E. Clay Shaw (R)
Georgia:
District #3: James Marshall (D)
District #5: John Lewis (D)
District #12: John Barrow (D)
District #13: David Scott (D)
Hawaii:
Senate: Daniel Akaka (D)
District #1: Neil Abercrombie (D)
Illinois:
District #1: Bobby Rush (D)
District #2: Jesse Jackson (D)
District #3: Daniel Lipinski (D)
District #4: Luis Gutierrez (D)
District #7: Danny Davis (D)
District #8: Melissa Bean (D)
District #9: Janice Schakowsky (D)
District #10: Mark Kirk (R)
District #11: Gerald Weller (R)
District #12: Jerry Costello (D)
District #19: John Shimkus (R)
Indiana:
District #1: Peter Visclosky (D)
District #3: Mark Souder (R)
District #6: Mike Pence (R)
Iowa:
District #2: Jim Leach (R)
Kansas
District #1: Jerry Moran (R)
District #3: Dennis Moore (D)
Kentucky:
District #6: Ben Chandler (D)
Louisiana:
District #3: Charlie Melancon (D)
Maine:
Senate: Olympia Snowe (R)
District #1: Tom Allen (D)
District #2: Michael Michaud (D)
Maryland:
Senate: Ben Cardin (D) – OPEN SEAT
District #4: Albert Wynn (D)
District #5: Steny Hoyer (D)
District #8: Christopher Van Hollen (D)
Massachusetts:
Senate: Edward Kennedy (D)
District #1: John Olver (D)
District #2: Richard Neal (D)
District #3: James McGovern (D)
District #4: Barney Frank (D)
District #5: Martin Meehan (D)
District #6: John Tierney (D)
District #7: Edward Markey (D)
District #8: Michael Capuano (D)
District #9: Stephen Lynch (D)
District #10: William Delahunt (D)
Michigan:
Senate: Debbie Stabenow (D)
District #4: Dave Camp (R)
District #5: Dale Kildee (D)
District #8: Mike Rogers (R)
District #9: Joe Knollenberg (R)
District #10: Candice Miller (R)
District #11: Thaddeus McCotter (R)
District #12: Sander Levin (D)
District #13: Carolyn Kilpatrick (D)
District #14: John Conyers (D)
District #15: John Dingell (D)
Minnesota:
District #4: Betty McCollum (D)
District #7: Collin Peterson (D)
Mississippi:
District #2: Bennie Thompson (D)
Missouri:
District #1: William Clay (D)
District #3: Russ Carnahan (D)
District #5: Emanuel Cleaver (D)
Nevada:
Senate: John Ensign (R)
District #1: Shelley Berkley (D)
District #3: Jon Porter (R)
New Hampshire:
District #1: Jeb Bradley (R)
District #2: Charles Bass (R)
New Jersey:
Senate: Robert Menendez (D)
District #1: Robert Andrews (D)
District #2: Frank LoBiondo (R)
District #3: H. James Saxton (R)
District #4: Christopher Smith (R)
District #5: Scott Garrett (R)
District #6: Frank Pallone (D)
District #7: Mike Ferguson (R)
District #9: Steven Rothman (D)
District #10: Donald Payne (D)
District #11: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)
District #12: Rush Holt (D)
New York:
Senate: Hillary Clinton (D)
District #1: Tim Bishop (D)
District #2: Steve Israel (D)
District #4: Carolyn McCarthy (D)
District #5: Gary Ackerman (D)
District #6: Gregory Meeks (D)
District #7: Joseph Crowley (D)
District #8: Jerrold Nadler (D)
District #9: Anthony Weiner (D)
District #10: Edolphus Towns (D)
District #12: Nydia Velazquez (D)
District #14: Carolyn Maloney (D)
District #15: Charles Rangel (D)
District #17: Eliot Engel (D)
District #18: Nita Lowey (D)
District #19: Sue Kelly (R)
District #20: John Sweeney (R)
District #21: Michael McNulty (D)
District #22: Maurice Hinchey (D)
District #23: John McHugh (R)
District #29: John Randy Kuhl (R)
North Carolina:
District #7: Mike McIntyre (D)
Ohio:
Senate: Sherrod Brown (D) – CHALLENGER
District #1: Steve Chabot (R)
District #2: Victoria Wulisin (D) – CHALLENGER
District #9: Marcy Kaptur (D)
District #10: Dennis Kucinich (D)
District #11: Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D)
District #17: Tim Ryan (D)
Oklahoma:
District #2: Dan Boren (D)
Oregon:
District #3: Earl Blumenauer (D)
District #4: Peter DeFazio (D)
Pennsylvania:
Senate: Richard Santorum (R)
District #2: Chaka Fattah (D)
District #3: Phil English (R)
District #6: Jim Gerlach (R)
District #7: Curt Weldon (R)
District #8: Mike Fitzpatrick (R)
District #13: Allyson Schwartz (D)
District #14: Mike Doyle (D)
District #15: Charles Dent (R)
District #17: Tim Holden (D)
Rhode Island:
District #1: Patrick Kennedy (D)
District #2: James Langevin (D)
South Carolina:
District #2: Joe Wilson (R)
South Dakota:
At Large#: Stephanie Herseth (D)
Tennessee:
District #3: Zach Wamp (R)
District #4: Lincoln Davis (D)
Texas:
District #9: Al Green (D)
District #18: Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
District #20: Charlie Gonzalez (D)
District #22: Nick Lampson (D) – OPEN SEAT
District #25: Lloyd Doggett (D)
District #29: Gene Green (D)
Utah:
District #2: Jim Matheson (D)
Vermont:
Senate: Bernie Sanders (I) – OPEN SEAT
Virginia:
Senate: George Allen (R)
District #1: Jo Ann Davis (R)
District #7: Eric Cantor (R)
District #8: James Moran (D)
District #10: Frank Wolf (R)
Washington:
Senate: Maria Cantwell (D)
District #3: Brian Baird (D)
District #5: Cathy McMorris (R)
District #7: Jim McDermott (D)
Wisconsin:
Senate: Herb Kohl (D)
District #1: Paul Ryan (R)
District #2: Tammy Baldwin (D)
District #3: Ron Kind (D)
District #4: Gwen Moore (D)
District #5: F. James Sensenbrenner (R)