New Delhi, Nov 4: Several Indian-American candidates won key contests in the US midterm elections, securing victories in the House of Representatives and state-level offices, while Republican Vivek Ramaswamy lost the Ohio governor’s race to Democrat Amy Acton, according to The Indian Express. Democrats Suhas Subramanyam, Pia Dandiya, Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal won their respective House races. Aruna Miller was re-elected Maryland lieutenant governor.
Other Indian-American winners included Josh Kaul, who won the Wisconsin attorney general’s race; Aparna Raj, elected to the Washington, DC Council from Ward 1; and Jyot Singh, who won Georgia’s House District 97.
Dandiya won Florida’s 22nd congressional district, while Subramanyam retained Virginia’s 10th district. Khanna won California’s 17th district and Jayapal retained Washington’s 7th district.
Among those who lost were Republican candidates Saritha Komatireddy in the New York attorney general’s race, Ritesh Tandon in California’s 17th congressional district, Nirav Sheth in Washington’s 7th district and Mahesh Ganorkar in North Carolina’s 4th district. Independent candidate Anil Kumar also lost in Michigan’s 11th district. Several contests involving Indian-American candidates were still awaiting final results.
