DANNY TARKANIAN AND THE ARMENIAN VOTE
By Dennis Myers, [email protected]
Reno News & Review
8
Aug 27 2009
Nevada
More stories by this author… The U.S. Senate candidacy of a Nevadan
is making news in Armenian-American circles.
Danny Tankanian is one of three citizens of Armenian descent who
are running against incumbent members of Congress, according to the
Armenian Reporter, based in Paramus. N.J.
Tarkanian, little known in Northern Nevada, is a prominent Clark
County resident who is running against U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.
"Son of the nationally renowned basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, Danny
Tarkanian previously ran for the Nevada State Senate in 2004 and Nevada
Secretary of State in 2006, both times unsuccessfully," the newspaper
reported. "In the latter run he received votes of more than 230,000
Nevadans. Both incumbent Nevada senators–Democrat Reid and Republican
[John] Ensign–have been supportive of Armenian-American issues."
A Mason-Dixon survey last weekend showed Tarkanian leading Reid by
49 percent to 38 percent in Nevada.