Washington: Mid-term elections to the House of Representatives (Lower House) are scheduled to be held in the US on November 8.
Five Indian-Americans are also in the race for this election. Going by the opinion of election analysts, these Indian-Americans have a 100 per cent chance of being elected to the House of Representatives.
At present, four sitting MPs Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal are expected to be re-elected. All four candidates are members of the Democratic Party. The so-called ‘Samosa Caucus’ of Indian-Americans in the House of Representatives is likely to include entrepreneur and businessman Shri Thanedar, who is contesting from the 13th Congressional District of Michigan.
Bera is the senior-most member of all Indian-Americans. He is the House of Representatives from the Seventh Congressional District of California. This time Bera is contesting for the sixth time. At the same time, Khanna, Krishnamurthy and Jayapal are in the race for the House of Representatives for the fourth consecutive time.
According to political analysts, the four candidates are in a strong position against their Republican rival. Apart from this, the position of Shri Thanedar is also looking strong. If elected, the Station House Officer will be the fifth Indian-American in the next Congress along with Bera, Khanna, Krishnamoorthi and Jayapal.
First only Indian-American woman
Chennai-born Jayapal, 57, is the first and only Indian-American woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.
In this election, another Indian-American is ready to create history in the state of Maryland. Aruna Miller, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, is running for lieutenant governor of the state on a Democratic Party ticket. According to political analysts, she is certain to win. If this happens, she will be the first Indian-American to be elected to this position in Maryland.