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Indian American Role in USElection 2024: Till a few decades ago, the name of an Indian was seen in American politics, but in the last few years the situation is changing rapidly. Talking about the present, more than 3 dozen Indian Americans are in the fray for the local body and state elections in America. Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamurthy believes, 'If you are not at the table, you are on the menu.' He is always seen delivering this message at various Indian-American events, motivating and encouraging community members to contest elections at all levels.
California became the stronghold of Indian-Americans
The largest example of Indian-American influence in local elections is seen in California, where 2 Indian-American representatives, Ro Khanna and Dr. Ami Berra, serve in Congress. Apart from this, Vice President Kamala Harris's mother was also born in India. Presidents running for office in California include Adla Chishti (County Supervisor, District 11), Aliya Chishti (San Francisco City College Board), Darshan Patel (State Assemblyman), Nicole Fernandez (San Mateo City Council), Nitya Raman (Los Angeles City Council). ), Richa Awasthi (Foster City Council) and Sukhdeep Kaur (Emeryville City Council).
Apart from this, Tara Srikrishnan is contesting from California State Assembly District 26 of Silicon Valley. Let us tell you that there are about 9 lakh Indian-American residents in California and this state is the largest stronghold of the Indian-American community in the entire America.
Electricity in other states too!
Many Indian-American candidates are also active in Michigan. Where there is very close competition on all the seats and the difference of votes has reduced to just 10 thousand. In Michigan, Dr. Ajay Raman (Oakland County Commissioner, District 14) and Anil Kumar and Ranjeev Puri (Michigan State House) are running. In Arizona, Priya Sundaresan is running for state assembly while Ravi Shah is running for school board. In Pennsylvania, Anand Patekar, Anan Thomas and Arvind Venkat are running for State House, while Nikhil Saval is running for State Senate.
Ashwin Ramaswamy from Georgia in discussion
Ashwin Ramaswamy is contesting for the State Senate in Georgia and if he wins the election, he will become the youngest member in the Georgia State Senate. However, Ashwin Ramaswamy is facing racist and hateful statements during the elections. In Illinois, Anusha Thothkura is running for school board and Nabeel Syed is running for state House. In Ohio, Chantel Raghu is running for county commissioner and Pawan Parikh is running for county clerk of courts. Also, Danny Avula is running for mayor of Richmond in Virginia.
Indians in Texas too
Texas also has a long list of Indian-American candidates, including Ashika Ganguly (City Council), Kartik Sura (State Senate), Nabeel Shaikh (County Constable), Ramesh Premkumar (City Council), Ravi Sandil (Judge), Salman Bhojani (State House), Shekhar Sinha (State House), Shareen Thomas (Judge), Suleman Lalani (State House) and Sumbal Zeb. (County Appraisal Court). Also, in New York, Jeremy Cooney and Manita Shanghvi are running for state Senate and Zohan Mamdani is running for state Assembly. Manka Dhingra is running for Attorney General in Washington. However, Mona Das is a candidate for the post of Commissioner of Public Lands.
