As Zohran Mamdani made history as New York City’s first Indian American and Muslim Mayor, several other members of the community emerged victorious in Tuesday’s elections.
New York City Council member Shekar Krishnan was re-elected to District 25 for a third term.
Krishnan said he would continue to “call out President Donald Trump and national Republicans who spread hate and keep fighting for a city that is more affordable and greener for everyone.”
Democrat J.J. Singh, an incumbent delegate in the Virginia House, was re-elected defeating Republican Ommair Butt.
Democrat Mayor of Edison, New Jersey, Samip (Sam) Joshi has been re-elected for a second term along with three new members to the township council.
Indian American Vishal Patel was re-elected to the Edison Board of Education, while Democratic candidate Biral Patel won a first term on the Edison Township council defeating Republican Samiksha Sharma.
Democrat Kiran Desai was elected to the Old Bridge Township Council Ward 3, while Democrat Anita Chadha, who ran for the South River Borough Council was defeated.
In Woodbridge Township Council Ward 4, Democrat Virbhadra N Patel defeated Republican Gnanarani Devaraj. In Woodbridge Township Council Ward 5, Republican Sam Raval was also defeated.
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In the non-partisan Jamesburg Board of Education, Indian American Neerav Modi was one of the three elected candidates; Sonali Sinha was elected to the North Brunswick Board of Education and Deven M Patel was elected to South Brunswick Board of Education.
Sam Salia lost the election to Jersey City Board of Education. Republican Anjan Karnati, also lost in election for Middlesex County Commissioner.
In West Windsor, New Jersey, Mayor Hemant Marathe was re-elected defeating fellow Indian American Sujit Singh. The first Indian-American to hold this position, Marathe is an IIT Bombay graduate.
Ajay Tomar contesting for West Windsor Township Council failed to get elected.
Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla has won the election to the New Jersey State Assembly from the legislative District 32 defeating Stephen Bishop Kaushal Patel.
Mamta Singh, a prominent Indian American community leader, won an at-large position in the Jersey City Council election.
Democrat Assemblyman Balvir Singh, was re-elected to the New Jersey State House from District 7, Burlington Township.
In Parsippany Town Council in New Jersey, Democrat Diya Patel, who was vying for one of the two open seats on the council, received 27.02% votes and is in the second position. Republican Jigar Shah was at fourth position with 21.95% votes.
Democrat Karen Bhatia, who ran for New York, Nassau County Legislature District 18, lost to incumbent Republican Samantha Goetz.
Parsippany’s incumbent Republican Mayor James Barberio, who is seeking another four-year term, received 50.39% votes against Democrat challenger, Pulkit Desai, an ex-Marine, and a cybersecurity professional, who got 49.92% votes.
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Democrat Sangeeta Doshi has been re-elected to the Cherry Hill Township Council for a third term. Born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, she made history in 2017 as the first Indian American elected to office in Southern New Jersey.
In the race for Mayor of Hoboken, Indian American Dini Ajmani failed to make it to the top two for a runoff election in December.
In Charlotte, North Carolina, four Democrat city council members for at-large city council seats, including Indian American Dimple Ajmera, were re-elected on Tuesday. Ajmera led with 21.04% of the vote.
Murali Swamy, a business executive, and Dr Kim Singh, a civic leader, are among the top four candidates elected to Mason City Council in Ohio.
In Orlando City Council District 3 in Florida, Mira Tanna, will progress to the run-off election in December.
Rishi Kumar, candidate for Santa Clara County Assessor in California, too will be on the ballot for the run-off election in December.
In the elections to City Council of Bellevue, Washington, of the two candidates for Position 1, Indian American Vishal Bhargava had a narrow lead over his rival Paul Clark after initial returns.
For Council Position 4, Republican incumbent Jared Nieuwenhuis, was ahead of Indian American Democratic challenger Pradnya Desh.