Photo Caption: Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) with former ANCA Leo Sarkisian intern Nyree Naljian
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New Jersey Republican Scott Garrett
Gains ANC-PAC Endorsement
Gains ANC-PAC Endorsement
October 24, 2008
Bergen County, New Jersey - Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) has secured the endorsement of a prominent Armenian American organization that represents thousands of voters in New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District. The Armenian National Committee - Political Action Committee (ANC-PAC) is encouraging its supporters in Bergen, Sussex and Warren counties to vote for Congressman Garrett on November 4th.
"We encourage Armenian Americans, from Closter to Mahwah and all across his Congressional District, to vote for Scott Garrett this November," remarked Garden State ANC leader James Sahagian. "The Congressman is a true friend of the Armenian American community and we look forward to working with him in the 111th Congress next year," added Sahagian.
Since his election in November of 2002, Garrett has been a stalwart ally on Armenian American issues in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has been a thoughtful and articulate advocate for his Armenian American constituents and has always kept in touch with community leaders. Earlier this year the Congressman met with Armenian Genocide survivor and Mahwah resident Alice Khachadoorian-Shnorhokian. The following day he submitted a statement in the Congressional Record urging Turkey to end its shameful denial of the Armenian Genocide, a crime against humanity that deeply impacted Alice and over a million Armenian Americans.
Presently, the Congressman serves as a member of both the House Budget Committee and the House Financial Services Committee. Prior to his election to the House, he served in the New Jersey State Assembly for over a decade. Born in Bergen County on July 9, 1959, Congressman Garrett lives is married and has two daughters, Jennifer and Brittany. He graduated from High Point High School and cum laude from Montclair State University before earning his J.D. from Rutgers University Law School.
According to Congressional Quarterly Politics New Jersey's 5th Congressional District tends to vote Republican, but Democrats remain successful in some pockets, including Tenafly in Bergen County and Phillipsburg in south Warren County, the only county to lie entirely within the district's boundaries. George W. Bush captured 57 percent of the 5th's vote in the 2004 presidential election - his second-best showing in the state. The Bergen County portion of the district favored Bush by 8 percentage points. Despite the GOP strength, most voters continue to register as independents.
The ANC-PAC is a non-partisan federally registered political action committee established to support campaign committees for Members of Congress who share the values of the Armenian American community. The ANC-PAC is at the forefront of efforts to ensure that the voice of the Armenian American community is clearly heard in our nation's capital. The ANC-PAC continues a century old tradition of Armenian American engagement on the public policy issues facing national political leaders, both in the U.S. Congress and the White House.
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