US midterm election results 2026: Key Indian-origin winners

Many Indian-origin candidates too notched up victories as Democrats captured majorities in both the Senate and House, sweeping victories that reached deep into Republican strongholds as tens of millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to ​President Donald Trump.

Indian-American candidates Suhas Subramanyam and Pia Dandiya won their seats in the US House of Representatives from Virginia and Florida, respectively. India-born Nithya Raman too has won the Los Angeles mayoral race. On the other hand, Republican ‌Vivek ‌Ramaswamy ‌was defeated in ⁠the ⁠race to become Ohio’s ‌next governor.

Kerala-born Nithya Raman has won the Los Angeles mayoral race, becoming the first Indian-American elected to lead the city, as incumbent Karen Bass conceded defeat and pledged a smooth transition. The most recent Los Angeles County electoral updates, refreshed at 4:34 pm local time, recorded Raman holding 460,772 ballots, equivalent to 52.70 per cent, compared with Bass’s 413,519 votes, representing 47.30 per cent.

Her lead expanded to 47,253 votes, marking a significant increase from the 34,654-vote advantage reported during the morning count, though these figures remain provisional while electoral staff continue processing votes cast on Tuesday.

Suhas Subramanyam, who served as an advisor to former president Barack Obama, has been re-elected as a member of the US House of Representatives. The 40-year-old won from Virginia’s 10th congressional district, polling over 61.5% of the vote against Republican Dave Beckwith, who managed to win 36.4 per cent of the ballots cast.

Ro Khanna has won re-election from California’s 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. The 50-year-old is completing his fifth term and will begin his sixth in January. Khanna was born in Philadelphia to a middle-class family.

Both his parents immigrated to the United States from India in the 1970s. Pramila Jayapal, who represents Washington’s 7th Congressional District, has secured a sixth term in the House of Representatives. Last month, her criticism of India’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls drew a public rebuke from India’s ambassador to the US.

Jayapal, who was first elected to Congress in 2016, has been a prominent voice on immigration reform and healthcare issues. A former high school principal, Pia Dandiya became the newest Indian-American to be elected to the US House, defeating Republican Casey Askar in Florida’s 22nd Congressional district.

Dandiya bagged 51.9% of the votes, while her opponent Askar polled 49.1% of the votes. Indian-American Democratic lawmaker Ami Bera has won the re-election to the U.S. House in California’s 3rd Congressional District, defeating Republican Robb Tucker.

The 61-year-old won his eighth term in the US House of Representatives. Physician-turned-politician Amerish Babulal ‘Ami’ Bera is the longest-serving Indian American in the US Congress and is considered a strong voice on healthcare and diplomacy, as per PTI.

Amish Shah, an Indian-American physician, has been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona’s First Congressional District. He has now become the sixth Indian American to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Shah, a three-term member of Arizona House of Representatives, defeated Republican Jay Feely, a former National Football League(NFL) player, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump. In a post on social media platform X, Shah said, “I pledge to be a Representative for all of you, whether or not you voted for me.

I pledge to work in a bipartisan way in Congress, just like I did in the State House.” * Democrat Krish Subrahmanian won the Minnesota Senate seat, defeating his Republican rival Dustin DuFault. Subrahmanian, a paediatrician, serves as chief medical officer for Hennepin Health and as a flight surgeon in the Minnesota Air National Guard.

* Democrat Lisa Kaul won the New York State Senate District 39, wresting the seat from Republican Rob Rolison. * Democrat Nabeela Syed has scored a major victory, defeating Republican Darby Hills to flip a Republican-held seat in the Illinois state Senate.

Nabeela won Illinois Senate District 26 with 57 per cent of the votes against Hills’ 43 per cent, according to election results reported by local media. * Jeremy Cooney, who was adopted from an orphanage in Kolkata and raised by a single mother in upstate New York, won the state Senate seat from District 56 for the fourth term.

* Amar Mukunda, an engineer with a background of military service, won the Maryland State Senate election uncontested from District 39.