A record number of Indian Americans won the election as lawmakers to state houses. Twenty of them from thirteen states won the election as state representatives and senators. In addition, they are a few current representatives whose terms end in 2022 and 2023. New York would have the highest number with two senators and two representatives, followed by Michigan and Washington with three representatives each. New Jersey,  Connecticut and North Carolina have two each and the remaining states with one each. Among the winners, three are Republicans, all the remaining are Democrats.

The winners at the last election are:

Connecticut State Rep. Raghib Allie-Brennan (D), CT 2^nd District

Ohio State Rep. Niraj Antani (R) Ohio Senate District 6

Connecticut State Rep. Harry Arora, (R) CT 151^st District

North Carolina State Senator Jay Chaudhuri (D), NC State Senate District 15

Jeremy Cooney (D), Rochester, New York, NY State Senate District 56

California State Rep. Ash Kalra (D), CA 27^th District

Kentucky State Rep. Nima Kulkarni (D), KY 40^th District

Tennessee State Rep. Dr. Sabi Kumar (R), TN 66^th District

Michigan State Rep. Padma Kuppa (D),  MI 41^st District

Zohran Mamdani (D), NY State Assembly 36th District

New Hampshire State Rep. Latha Mangipudi (D), NH 35^th District

NC State Senator Mujtaba A. Mohammed (D), NC State Senate District 38

Ranjeev Puri (D),  Winner of MI House of Representatives 21^st District

Jenifer Rajkumar (D),  Winner of NY State Assembly 38^th District

Kesha Ram (D), Burlington, Vermont, VT State Senate Chittenden District

Dr. Nikil Saval (D),  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Winner of PA State Senate 1^st District

Arizona State Rep. Dr. Amish Shah (D),  AZ 24^th District

Washington State Rep. Vandana Slatter (D),  WA 48^th District

Shri Thanedar (D),  MI State House of Representatives 3^rd District

Senator Kevin Thomas (D),  NY State Senate District 56

Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) chapters (Manhattan, New York, Central New York, Connecticut, Central Jersey and Virginia) in collaboration with Indian American Impact Fund (IMPACT) are hosting a celebration to honor Indian Americans who won as Representatives and Senators at the recent election to the State Houses in the USA. It will be a Zoom meeting on Friday, Nov. 20^th starting at 7.00 p.m. (New York, EST). The opening speaker will be IMPACT Co-Founder Deepak Raj and will be moderated by former Kansas State Representative Raj Goyle, another Co-Founder of the IMPACT. The proceeding will be streamed live by through Facebook and YouTube. The winners will share their campaign experience in winning the election and what they hope to achieve in their new term as a legislators.

GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham, the main coordinator of the event, emphasized the need for Indian Diaspora to come together and help elect more Diaspora candidates at the elections. The event is to celebrate and thank for the hard work by all those who have been elected.

“As a broad based community organization, we at GOPIO want to provide a bipartisan platform to bring all statewide Indian American elected lawmakers and we are hoping that this would motivate more Indian Americans to join the political leadership process especially young Indian Americans,” said Dr. Thomas Abraham.

From l. to r., Top Row: Raghib Allie-Brennan, Niraj Antani, Harry Arora, Jay Chaudhuri, Jeremy Cooney, Nima Kulkarni, Padma Kuppa;

Bottom Row: Latha Mangipudi, Ranjeev Puri, Jenifer Jaikumar, Kesha Ram, Dr. Nikil Saval, Dr. Amish Shah and Vandana Slatter

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