Anna Kaplan

Anna Kaplan (née Anna Monahemi) is an American politician from Great Neck, New York.

Kaplan, an Iranian-American, was born in Tabriz, Iran.[1] She fled Iran as a child refugee as a result of the Iranian Revolution.[2][3][4]

Kaplan is the first Iranian-American elected to municipal office in New York State.[5][6][7]

Childhood and education

Kaplan was born in Tabriz, and reared in Tehran, Iran, where her father was a carpet dealer.[8][9] The family shared a 3-family house with the family of her uncle.[8] Kaplan fled Iran at age 13 as an unaccompanied child refugee,[9] arriving first in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, then going to live with a foster family in Chicago until her parents were able to escape from Iran.[1] After her family reunited in the United States, they moved to Queens, New York, and then to Great Neck, New York.[10]

Kaplan attended the Stern College at Yeshiva University, and received her J.D. from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in New York.[7][10]

Political career

Kaplan has been a member of the North Hempstead Town Board since 2011.[5] She previously served as a trustee of the Great Neck Public Library and was a member of the North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals.[2]

On 11 January 2016, she announced that she would run for the seat in the United States Representative for New York's 3rd congressional district being vacated by retiring congressman Steve Israel.[11] Kaplan was defeated in the 2016 New York Congressional Democratic Primary by former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi.[12] Suozzi went on to win the general election[13] and is now the Congressman representing the Third Congressional District in New York.

On 27 April, 2018, flanked by Nassau County Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Kaplan announced her candidacy for the New York State Senate for District 7 to a large gathering of supporters and state and local Democratic elected officials at the "Yes We Can Community Center" in Westbury, New York.[14]

Personal life

Kaplan and her husband live in Great Neck, where they've raised two daughters.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "From political refugee to town councilwoman". Island Now. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 San Antonio, Bill (24 September 2015). "North Hempstead councilwoman Anna Kaplan touts record in re-election campaign". The Island Now. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Zendrian, Alexandra (9 November 2011). "Kaplan Wins North Hempstead Town Council Race – Port Washington, NY Patch". Portwashington.patch.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Kaplan recounts journey from Iran". The Island Now. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 Brand, Rick (11 January 2016). "Anna Kaplan, a North Hempstead Democrat, announces candidacy for Congress". Newsday. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Councilwoman Anna Kaplan Announces Bid for Re-election". paaia.org. Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Anna Kaplan". iranianamericanpac.org. Iranian American Political Action Committee. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Anna Kaplan named Lifetime "Remarkable Woman"". mylifetime.com. Lifetime (TV network) . Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Anna Kaplan profile". dev2.iawfoundation.org/. Iranian American Women Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  10. 1 2 Hopper, Justin (29 October 2015). "Meet the Candidates for District Council 4". The Roslyn News. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  11. 1 2 Jacoby, Sheri Jacoby. "Anna Kaplan To Run For Congress". Great Neck Record. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Brady, Ryan. "Tom Suozzi wins Democratic primary". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  13. ↑ Milan, Rashed; Twarowski, Christopher. "Suozzi Wins Israel's Vacant Seat, LI's Congressional Incumbents Re-elected". Long Island Press. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  14. ↑ Jacoby, Sheri Jacoby. "Anna Kaplan To Run For State Senate". Port Washington News. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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