While shocks waves spread around the world with the victory of Republican candidate and property mogul Donald Trump in US polls , there have been Indian-origin candidates who have made it in this big elections which includes Kamala Harris, Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Pramila Jayapal.Indian-Americans made a mark in Congressional politics with one of them becoming the first to be elected to the Senate and four others winning seats in the House of Representatives.
Kamala Harris was elected from California to the Senate defeating fellow-Democrat Loretta Sanchez.The daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, tearing down a color barrier that has stood for as long as California statehood.
Born in Oakland, Kamala (it’s pronounced COMMA-la and means lotus flower) is the eldest of two daughters, born to an Indian mother and a Jamaican father. She has one younger sister, Maya Harris, an attorney and senior policy advisor for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Pramila Jayapal from Washington, Raja Krishnamoorthi from Illinois and Ro Khanna from California will join Ami Bera, who was re-elected from California, in the House of Representatives.
The 52-year-old Tamil Kamala Harris, who traces her family roots to Chennai of Tamil Nadu in India, is a lawyer by profession and was twice elected Attorney General in 2010 and 2014.
A financial analyst by profession, Pramila Jayapal, 51, defeated fellow Democrat, Brady Wilkinshaw. A civil rights activist involved in immigrant and women’s rights causes, she was born in India.
Rajah Krishnamoorthi, 43, who had advised President Barack Obama on economic issues when he was a Senator, received a personal endorsement and a promotional video from Obama.Krishnamoorthi is president of two small businesses that develop and sell products in the national security and renewable energy industries. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Princeton University and graduated with honours from Harvard Law School.
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