New York sources reported that all the four Indian-American Democrat members of the House of Representatives were re-elected in Tuesday’s election and a member of the community won the Attorney General’s position in Wisconsin state. Meanwhile Raja Krishnamoorthi, who represents a constituency near Chicago in Illinois, won about 66% of the votes to defeat his Indian-American challenger J.D. Diganvker of the Republican Party.
Reports added that the other House candidates re-elected were Pramila Jeyapal from Washington State, and Ro Khanna and Ami Bera from California. Furthermore together with the only Senator of Indian descent, Kamala Harris, they make up what they themselves jokingly call “The Samosa Caucus,” Harris won from California in 2016 did not face a re-election as she has a six-year term and none of the other Indian Americans running for Congress made it.
Moreover in a sign of the Indian-American community’s growing political involvement, Democrat Josh Kaul was elected Attorney General of Wisconsin in a tight race with a margin of about 1% of the votes, although his victory is likely to be challenged by his Republican rival. Reportedly Kaul is the fourth Indian-American to win a state-wide election, which sets the stage for him to run for other higher offices. The first was Piyush Bobby Jindal, elected Louisiana governor in 2007 who was followed by Nikki Haley, elected South Carolina governor in 2010; both are Republicans and the third is Harris.
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