Harout O. Sanasarian (born March 31, 1929) is a retired Armenian American immigrant, teacher, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
[1] After obtaining his degree, Sanasarian went to work as a civics teacher in the Milwaukee Public Schools.
Sanasarian ran in the Democratic primary, but fell 111 votes short of fellow state representative Ronald G.
[1] In 1975, Sanasarian announced that he would run for election to the Milwaukee County board of supervisors rather than seeking another term in the Assembly, saying the job would allow him to remain closer to home.
After enlisting the support of Republican state elections board chair James Klauser and state attorney general Bronson La Follette, Sanasarian prevailed in his battle over Carter's ballot listing, and Carter went on to narrowly defeat Udall in the Wisconsin primary, setting him on course for the Democratic nomination.
He was active in the Jimmy Carter's re-election campaign in 1980, served on the rules committee at the 1980 Democratic National Convention, and opposed Ted Kennedy's primary challenge.