Washington: Even as results continue to pour in for US mid-term polls, the Democrats have already handed a major setback for Republicans winning both Senate
as well as House of Representatives. Several Indian Americans have also won from various seats. Some of them are even waiting for their results.
While Indian-American Democrat candidates Aruna Miller (4) (61) and Suhas Subramanyam (40) won re-election bids, Pia Dandiya grabbed Florida’s 22nd Congressional District seat. Subramanyam won the election for the US House of Representatives from Virginia; Miller has been re-elected as Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor. Apart from them, Dandiya (39) also won in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District.
Democrat candidate Pramila Jayapal has been re-elected to the US House of Representatives. She won from Washington’s 7th Congressional District. However, Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy faced a major upset against Democrat Amy Acton in Ohio’s governor’s race.
Democrats Ro Khanna, Ami Bera waiting for results
Apart from them. Several Indian-American candidates are waiting for the election results they contested. Incumbent lawmakers Ro Khanna and Ami Bera are waiting for their results as fellow Democrat Amish Shah is looking to enter the US Congress. Democrat Nithya Raman is engaged in a mayoral contest against her former boss, Karen Bass.
US Congress results so far
Importantly, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives have gone to the polls. While Democrats won 205 seats so far, Republicans secured 123 seats. The House needs 217 seats for a majority. In Senate, out of 100 seats, Democrats won 53 seats till now, even as Republicans secured 41 seats. It has 51 seats as the majority mark. Democrats have taken control of Texas, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, and South Carolina in Senate Elections.
