WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) welcomed the unprecedented impact of Armenian American voters this election cycle — the result of a year-long ANCA campaign to strategically leverage the electoral power of our community and coalition partners in key presidential swing states and hotly contested congressional elections.
“The ANCA played this election smart,” explained ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian in a video issued following the nationwide closing of polls on November 5. “We did not lower our bar or compromise our values, but we did raise our voices and leverage our votes. We did not accept promises, but we did demand accountability.”
The ANCA did not endorse either presidential candidate, explained Hamparian, instead focusing on creating “political costs for those who cross our community — who arm and abet the genocide of Armenians,” and elevating Armenian American concerns — “Artsakh first among them — in the U.S. political arena — as American electoral priorities.”
Hamparian thanked Armenian Americans and coalition partners for helping the community “emerge from this election cycle far stronger than we entered it — respected as a powerful swing state constituency, with voice and vote — impact and influence.”
Watch Hamparian’s video here.
Over 90% of ANCA-endorsed U.S. Senate and House candidates elected
The ANCA endorsed 84 U.S. Senate and House candidates, with over 90% elected to office in 20 states across the U.S. Each ANCA endorsement was backed up by detailed report cards documenting the track record of every incumbent senator and representative across over 40 policy criteria — with a heavy focus on holding Azerbaijan for its genocidal ethnic cleansing of Artsakh and supporting Armenia’s security and sovereignty. This year’s report cards cover an unprecedented range of legislative, community and social media activities — including resolutions, letters, events and public statements supporting the ANCA’s advocacy priorities.
Also taken into consideration were membership in the Armenian Caucus; travel to Armenia and Artsakh; participation in Armenian American events commemorating the Armenian Genocide; demanding accountability for the Artsakh genocide and marking Armenia’s independence; engagement with local Armenian American constituents; and significantly, support for a broad array of congressional letters on ANCA-backed advocacy priorities — including the FY24 and FY25 foreign aid bills and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The full list of ANCA-endorsed candidates is available here.
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You may think, or wish that you have emerged from this election stronger than ever, However, Armenia left to the whims of a madman and a narcissist, promises nothing but inevitable troubles ahead. All it takes is yet another “love letter” from Aliyev, Erdogan or Putin to realize the reality of your wishful thinking. The US has been submerged into a one-man rule system, that has utter disregard towards the US constitution and spits at anything that does not go his way. Good Luck!
We need USA, beautiful brotherly Turks, and NOT Russian kartoshkas and ladas
I move from beautiful Istanbul to Erivan and make lots of money by introducing Turkish politicians to Nikol Civil Contract
Friends like @Charles help explain why Ermenis must get rid of Russian kartoshkas and embrace NATO and beautiful brotherly Turks
Since Donald Trump is in with Israel who is in with Azerbaijan who has recently moved closer to Russia and Armenia has moved further away. It’s likely he will follow Israel counsel favour Azerbaijan as matters stand. He seems determined to go after the clerical regime of Iran which is seen as pro Russian and more importantly anti Israel. Such a prospect would mean Iran is unable to support Armenia although it would ultimately remove a key factor in the relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan who supports Azerbaijan as a check on Iran although Azerbaijan uses it’s weapons on Armenia and doesn’t confront Azerbaijan in the military sense and perhaps the honeymoon between Israel and Azerbaijan would cool? Once Saddam Hussein of Iraq was overthrown the honeymoon between Kuwait and USA began to wane as Kuwait lost its importance to the USA. After all when Armenian and Azeri SSR wallowed in the Soviet Union, Israel and Iran had good relationship until 1979. The honeymoon between Israel and Turkey has cooled although it still keeps to its contacts conveying oil and gas from Azerbaijan to Israel but engages in Muslim mob statements about saving Gaza but not actually doing anything yet whilst bluster to sucker the masses although will be seen for the empty Rhetoric that it is, however such a sentiment would have been impossible from Turkey say in the 1990s so times have changed. It’s unlikely that the USA will withdraw the recognition of the ottoman killings as a genocide but probably won’t do anything to support them. In turn Armenia timed it well to recognise Palestine this year as Trump would put pressure on them not to had Armenia not already done so when he everything being equal assumes office in January 2025 . Whilst ANCA might have been electorally successful in correctly endorsing various candidates this is unlikely to allow a restored Arktash as between 1994 and 2020. People shouldn’t let one thing mean another but it should mean that Yerevan can have sympathetic persons in Washington who can support Armenia position better than before. Needless to say Donald Trump is likely to pressure Armenia to distance from Iran if the anti US clerical regime remains in power.