Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:32pm on 05 Nov 2025,Wednesday India Global
Beyond Zohran Mamdani's NYC victory, Indian-Americans swept multiple races nationwide. Hyderabad-born Ghazala Hashmi became Virginia's Lieutenant Governor, the first Muslim American woman elected to statewide office anywhere in the US. Aftab Pureval won Cincinnati mayoral re-election, defeating JD Vance's half-brother Cory Bowman. Balvir Singh, New Jersey's first Sikh state representative, secured re-election, while Hoboken mayor Ravinder Bhalla won assembly election. Virginia's JJ Singh and Kannan Srinivasan retained their seats. However, Dini Ajwani lost Hoboken's mayoral race. Looking ahead, Vivek Ramaswamy leads Ohio's Republican gubernatorial race, while Raja Krishnamoorthi could become Illinois's second Indian-origin Senator. Results celebrate America's 4.9-million Indian-American community amid rising racial rhetoric. (PC: VPM, Ideastream & ABC News)
