Independent Candidacy
Krikorian ran as an Independent candidate for United States Congress in 2008 and came in third behind Republican incumbent Representative Jean Schmidt and Democratic challenger Victoria Wulsin, receiving 17.71 percent of the vote after endorsements from the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police, the Ohio Libertarian Party, and the Georgetown News Democrat.
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