Fourteen Indian Americans, including five women, won various American elections

(PTI) Washington, Ta. Thursday, November 5, 2020

More than a dozen Indian Americans were elected in the recent Congress and state assembly elections. Some even made election history for the first time. Four people of Indian descent were elected to the US House of Representatives, but more than a dozen Indians also wore victory garlands in various legislatures.

The five women elected to the legislature include state legislator Jennifer Rajkumar (New York), Nima Kulkarni (Kentucky State), Kesha Ram (Vermont State), Vandana Slater (Washington State) and Padma Kuppa (Michigan State). Kesha Ram is the first woman to win the Vermont State Senate.

Nickel Sawla is the first Indian American to be elected to the General Assembly in Pennsylvania. Jennifer Prince is the first Asian woman to be elected to the New York State Assembly. Chaudhry was elected to the North Carolina State Senate, Amish Shah to the Arizona State House and Nickel Sawla to Pennsylvania.

Rajiv Puri in the Michigan State House and Jeremy Cooney in the New York State Senate also won. Ash Kalra was elected to the California State Assembly for the third time in a row. So Ravi Sandil won as a district court judge in Texas. If we talk about the losers, four Indian Americans, including two women, also lost the election.

Mr. Preston Kulkarni from Texas, Manga Anantanula from Virginia and Riteish Tandon from California as well as Nisha Sharma could not win. Similarly, Indian Americans Sara Gideon and Rick Mehta lost the Senate elections from Maine and New Jersey respectively. This time around 2 million Indian Americans voted.

Five million people of Indian descent are voters in Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan. In Arizona, Dr. Hiral Tipirne was suffering from thin scars. Similarly, in the New Jersey State Senate, Rupande Mehta and Nina Ahmed for the post of Auditor General of Pennsylvania were also pending. Most Indian Americans were financially supported by the Impact Fund. The organization raised about a million dollars.

Indian-origin millionaire Thanedar elected in Michigan

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Mr. Thanedar, an Indian-American millionaire who ran for governor two years ago, was elected to the House of Representatives in Michigan with 93 percent of the vote. The 65-year-old Thanedar, a scientist, defeated six opponents in the State House primary and raised 43 438,620 from his own fortune. The former governor's candidate moved to Detroit after losing in Ann Arbor in the 2018 primary. Two years ago, his election slogan was' Mr. He won the Third District of Michigan with 93 percent of the vote. In 2018, Thanedar spent કરોડ 10 million from his treasury to run for election, but he was third behind Gov. Gretchem Whitmore and Abdul Al Sayed. .