NANCY NAJARIAN ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR U.S. CONGRESS
By Contributor // March 19, 2014
Candidate with Deep Armenian-American Community Ties Determined to
Win Race for Virginia’s 8th Congressional District Seat
MCLEAN, Va.–Nancy Najarian–a champion for Armenian-Americans, strong
communities, quality jobs, and a world-class education for every
child–has announced she is running for Virginia’s 8th Congressional
District, represented for the past 24 years by now retiring Rep. Jim
Moran D-Va. Committed to being a voice that will stand up for our
community, Najarian has launched an aggressive fundraising campaign
to meet the March 31st deadline–the first quarter of fundraising
for a race that most likely will be decided in a June 10, 2014 primary.
Nancy is positioning herself to be a strong contender in a very
crowded field by raising early money from her supporters nationwide.
Those committed to sending to the U.S. Congress a professional woman
with strong ties to our community are urged to donate (bit.ly/PDLxtd)
to Najarian for Congress campaign by March 31, 2014.
Nancy Najarian
The VA-8 district borders Washington, D.C., and includes the Cities
of Arlington and Alexandria, home to the Alexandria-Gyumri Sister
City Association and its annual Armenian Festival. The district also
includes portions of Fairfax County, including parts of McLean and
Falls Church, two military bases and the Pentagon. Raising significant
funds will enable Najarian to place well in the first quarter, gain
support from national women’s groups poised to support a competitive
woman candidate, and position her to win the upcoming primary on June
10th–a winner takes all primary. With a district that is strongly
Democratic, the likelihood of Najarian winning the general election
as a primary winner is high.
“I want to bring to the U.S. Congress a steady support for issues
affecting the average Armenian-American family. These include
empowering small business owners to build and sustain their businesses,
supporting children’s welfare and women’s healthcare issues, ending
paycheck inequality gaps, increasing public education initiatives and
investment in STEM education, and moving a stalled Congress forward
by finding solutions to problems so that we all can enjoy a brighter
future,” said Nancy Najarian.
Born in Boston (Mass.), raised in Belmont, baptized and later married
in the Armenian Apostolic Church, Nancy Najarian, her husband Mike
Stimson and their two children have been residents of Northern Virginia
since 1995. Najarian is proud of her Armenian heritage and commitment
to uphold her roots as an Armenian mother, a wife, a professional and
small business owner. She is the granddaughter of Genocide survivors,
and was inspired by her parents’ values of an honest day’s work,
playing by the rules, and giving back to the Armenian community. Her
business acumen and personal drive derives from the models her parents
set. Her father, K. George Najarian, built a successful business from
the ground up, her mother went back to school and earned Bachelor’s
and Master’s degrees to become an educator, and her stepmother,
Dr. Carolann Najarian, has devoted her life to providing charitable
medical care in Armenia and the U.S. In addition, her parents, involved
early with the relief effort following the 1988 Armenian earthquake
and later with support for the newly independent Armenian government
and its people, were outstanding models of how to apply Nancy’s
professional expertise and academic training to her ethnic roots.
At the height of the Azeri blockade of Armenia and during the armed
conflict supporting Nagorno Karabagh’s right to self-determination,
Najarian moved to the newly independent Republic of Armenia. In 1992
she taught English to aspiring Armenian MBA students in Yerevan. Later
she created and co-managed the non-profit, Technical Assistance for
the Republic of Armenia (TARA Inc.), helping struggling Armenian
entrepreneurs start businesses and bringing Diasporan Armenian
professionals to assist Armenian private sector organizations.
Najarian was an early Board Member of the Armenian Assembly’s
grassroots arm, ARAMAC, raising U.S. government awareness of the
severe consequences of the energy blockade against the Armenian
people and the economy. Additionally, Najarian is a charter member of
the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association, and after graduating
with an M.S. focused on International Business and Trade, Najarian
volunteered at the Armenian Embassy in Washington, D.C. for the
Economic Attache. As a volunteer fund-raiser, Najarian has raised
funds for various Armenian organizations, was for years an active
participant in the Armenian Network of America, and throughout her
career has offered advice to aspiring Armenian Social entrepreneurs.
She holds a Bachelor’s from NYU, and a Master’s from Georgetown
University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C.,
For more details about Nancy Najarian review her prospectus
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To help put an Armenian-American in U.S. Congress donate
(bit.ly/PDLxtd) to the Najarian for Congress campaign. Follow the
campaign updates by joining the Twitter, Facebook andGoogle+ sites
or by visiting Najarian for Congress website.
From: A. Papazian