In the united states, six indian Americans were elected to the house of Representatives, up from five in the current Congress.
When suhas Subramanyam, an Indian-American lawyer, became the first member of his community to be elected from both virginia and the whole east Coast, he made history. subramanyam is a state senator from virginia at the moment.
The Republican Party's Mike Clancy lost to Subramanyan.
"The people of Virginia's 10th district have trusted me to take on the most difficult battles and produce results in congress, and for that I am honored and humbled. I live in this district. This is where I got married, where my wife Miranda and I are raising our girls, and where our family is personally affected by the problems our community confronts. news agency PTI cited subramanyam as stating, "It is an honor to continue serving this district in Washington."
If Amish Shah defeats his Republican incumbent in Arizona's First Congressional district, the number of indian Americans in the house of Representatives might rise.
Subramanyam is well-known within the Indian-American community in the united states and was previously a white house advisor to President Barack Obama.
He became one of the five indian Americans who presently make up the Congress's "Samosa Caucus": Ami Bera, raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal, and Shri Thanedar.
The house of Representatives has also seen the reelection of all five of its current indian American members.
Shri Thanedar, who represents Michigan's 13th Congressional district, was re-elected for a second straight term. The first time he won it was in 2023.
For the sixth consecutive term, raja Krishnamoorthi was elected to the seventh Congressional district of Illinois.
I am honored that the people of Illinois' 8th district have extended my contract to represent them in congress, even if the races for control of the white house and congress are still tight," Krishnamoorthi stated.
Krishnamoorthi came to the conclusion that "my parents came to this country with little more than a dream for their family's future and the faith that they could achieve it here in America."
"We did, despite some difficult times."
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