Entrance To The Democratic Party
In 2009 Krikorian announced that he would seek the Democratic Party nomination for the Second District in 2010. He was narrowly defeated by marketing executive Surya Yalamanchili after Republican Congresswoman Jean Schmidt made false allegations about Krikorian. Rep. Schmidt won an easy re-election in the 2010 general election against Yalamanchili.
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