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Katherine Kazarian
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Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63
Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

12

Compensation

Base salary

$19,037/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

St. Mary Academy Bay View

Bachelor's

Columbia University

Contact

Katherine Kazarian (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing District 63. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends on January 5, 2027.

Kazarian (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island House of Representatives to represent District 63. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Kazarian earned her bachelor's degree in Urban Studies and Economics from Columbia University in 2012.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2021-2022

Kazarian was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Kazarian was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Rhode Island committee assignments, 2017
Corporations
Environment and Natural Resources
Rules

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Kazarian served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Kazarian served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Kazarian
Katherine Kazarian (D)
 
95.2
 
5,497
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.8
 
276

Total votes: 5,773
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Kazarian
Katherine Kazarian
 
100.0
 
1,063

Total votes: 1,063
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian defeated Anthony Sionni in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Kazarian
Katherine Kazarian (D)
 
70.5
 
3,640
Anthony Sionni (R)
 
29.3
 
1,512
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
12

Total votes: 5,164
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Kazarian
Katherine Kazarian
 
100.0
 
1,955

Total votes: 1,955
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Anthony Sionni advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Anthony Sionni
 
100.0
 
241

Total votes: 241
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2020

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Kazarian
Katherine Kazarian (D)
 
95.9
 
5,740
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.1
 
247

Total votes: 5,987
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Kazarian
Katherine Kazarian
 
100.0
 
751

Total votes: 751
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Kazarian
Katherine Kazarian (D)
 
95.9
 
4,525
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.1
 
192

Total votes: 4,717
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian defeated Elizabeth Clupny in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on September 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Kazarian
Katherine Kazarian
 
84.3
 
1,858
Elizabeth Clupny
 
15.7
 
346

Total votes: 2,204
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2016

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Rhode Island House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and a general election would have taken place on November 8, 2016, if no candidate had won a majority of votes in the primary. The candidate filing deadline was June 29, 2016.

Incumbent Katherine Kazarian defeated Christopher Holland in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 general election.[2][3]

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 63 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Katherine Kazarian Incumbent 65.47% 4,155
     Republican Christopher Holland 34.53% 2,191
Total Votes 6,346
Source: Rhode Island State Board of Elections


Incumbent Katherine Kazarian ran unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 Democratic primary.[4]

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 63 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Katherine Kazarian Incumbent (unopposed)


Christopher Holland ran unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 Republican primary.[5]

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 63 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Christopher Holland  (unopposed)


2014

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Rhode Island House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 25, 2014. Incumbent Katherine Kazarian was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Danielle Boucher (I) was removed from the ballot before the primary. Kazarian was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]

2012

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2012

Kazarian won election in the 2012 election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63. She defeated Robert Britto, Samuel Lovett, and Charles Tsonos in the September 11 Democratic primary and defeated David Sullivan (I) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11]

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 63, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKatherine S Kazarian Incumbent 69.7% 4,227
     Independent David Sullivan 30% 1,816
     Other Write-in 0.3% 18
Total Votes 6,061
Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 63 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKatherine Kazarian 36.7% 829
Robert Britto 28.7% 649
Charles Tsonos 22.9% 517
Samuel Lovett 11.7% 265
Total Votes 2,260

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Katherine Kazarian did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Katherine Kazarian did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Katherine Kazarian campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63Won general$94,955 $0
2022Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63Won general$80,498 $0
2020Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63Won general$18,420 N/A**
2018Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63Won general$34,385 N/A**
2016Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 63Won $35,821 N/A**
2014Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 63Won $23,781 N/A**
2012Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 63Won $20,995 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2014


2013


Endorsements

2012

In 2012, Kazarian's was endorsed by the following:[13]

  • The Democratic Party of Rhode Island.

See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63
2013-Present
Succeeded by
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