Pramila Jayapal To Ro Khanna: How Indian-Origin Faces Are Performing In US Elections

The US went to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term, with many Indian-origin candidates in the race for key positions.

At stake in the elections were all 435 seats of the House and 37 seats in the 100-member Senate. Elections were also held for the post of Governor in 36 states. Follow live updates

Ro Khanna, Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal and Suhas Subramanyam are among Indian-American lawmakers seeking re-election to the US House of Representatives, while fellow Democrats Pia Dandiya and Amish Shah are in competitive races to make their debut as Congresspersons.

Here's a look at how they are performing:

Vivek Ramaswamy

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, son of Kerala immigrants, has lost in the Ohio governor's election.

Vivek Ramaswamy
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Ramaswamy, who has received the backing of US President Donald Trump and won the Republican primary in May, lost to Amy Acton by over 200,000 votes.

Amy Acton
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The victory of Acton, a physician, marks the first time since 2006 that a Democrat has been elected as governor in Ohio.

Suhas Subramanyam

Suhas Subramanyam, who served as an advisor to former US President Barack Obama, has been re-elected as a member of the US House of Representatives.

The 40-year-old won from Virginia's 10th congressional district, polling over 61 per cent of the vote against Republican Dave Beckwith, who managed to get 36 per cent of the ballots cast.

Suhas Subramanyam
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Subramanyam was born in Houston to Indian parents and attended college at Tulane University in New Orleans.

After earning his law degree with honours at Northwestern University, he served as a White House technology policy advisor to President Obama.

Pia Dandiya

Pia Dandiya, a former high school principal, has won the US House of Representatives in Florida's 22nd Congressional District.

The Democratic candidate bagged 51.9 per cent of the votes against Republican Casey Askar.

Pia Dandiya
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Born and raised in Palm Beach County in Florida, Dandiya, 39, started her career as a teacher and was a high school principal in Harlem.

Ro Khanna vs Ritesh Tandon

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna is currently leading from California's 17th Congressional District, which includes parts of Silicon Valley, against Ritesh Tandon, an Indian American entrepreneur.

Ro Khanna (Photo Credit: AFP)

Khanna, who is seeking another term in the US House of Representatives, is ahead by more than 35,000 votes.

Ritesh Tandon
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Pramila Jayapal vs Nirav Sheth

In Washington's 7th Congressional District, Pramila Jayapal, whose family roots are in Kerala, faces Republican Nirav Sheth, a Gujarat-born former US Marine.

Pramila Jayapal
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Jayapal, who has represented the constituency since 2017 and is the first Indian-American woman elected to the US House of Representatives, is currently leading by over 150,000 votes.

Nirav Sheth
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Ami Bera

Democratic Congressman Ami Bera is in a bid to retain his seat in the US House of Representatives. Born in the US to Gujarati parents who migrated from Rajkot, Bera is contesting from California's 3rd Congressional District.

Ami Bera
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The third Indian-American to be elected to the US Congress, Bera is currently leading by more than 25,000 votes.

Pooja Sethi

Pooja Sethi is contesting the Texas House District 47 election as a Democratic candidate. An attorney by profession, Sethi has previously worked as the chief of staff in the Texas Legislature.

Pooja Sethi
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The trends are not in yet.

Sandeep Srivastava

Democratic candidate Sandeep Srivastava is contesting from Texas House District 66. He is a businessman and community advocate who has been living in the Plano-Frisco area for several years. He is challenging a Republican candidate who has represented the constituency for five terms.

Sandeep Srivastava
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The trends are not in yet.

Amish Shah

Physician and former State Representative Amish Shah, the Democratic candidate from Arizona's 1st Congressional District, is currently ahead.

Amish Shah
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He is contesting against Republican Jay Feely, a former National Football League kicker who has received an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

Shah previously served three terms in the Arizona House of Representatives. He also contested the 2024 congressional election but narrowly lost to Republican David Schweikert.

Aruna Miller

Aruna Miller was re-elected as Maryland's Lieutenant Governor after Democratic Governor Wes Moore defeated Republican Dan Cox.

Aruna Miller
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Born in Hyderabad in 1964, Miller moved to the US with her family at age seven and studied civil engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, where she graduated in 1989.

Nithya Raman

Nithya Raman, an urban planner and member of the Los Angeles City Council, is contesting the Los Angeles mayoral election. She served as co-chair of the Silver Lake Neighbourhood Council's Homelessness Committee.

Nithya Raman
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She also co-founded the SELAH Neighbourhood Homeless Coalition.

She is currently trailing by 8,000 votes.

In New York, Republican Saritha Komatireddy, a former federal prosecutor, lost the attorney general's election to Democratic incumbent Letitia James.

Republican Mahesh Ganorkar also lost in North Carolina, independent Sandeep Dixit in Ohio and independent Anil Kumar in Michigan congressional contests.

At the state legislative level, Democrat Arvind Venkat won re-election in Pennsylvania's House District 30, while Ram Villivalam retained Illinois Senate District 8.

In Illinois Senate District 26, Indian-American Democrat Nabeela Syed led Republican incumbent Darby Hills.

In Georgia, Democrat Jyot Singh led Republican Yassin Moghazy in House District 97.