INDIANS IN USA POLITICS
On 17 November 2012 13:26, Brian & Shirley <brianfpr@roadrunner.com> wrote:
On 17 November 2012 13:26, Brian & Shirley <brianfpr@roadrunner.com> wrote:
A friend from Canada asked me about Jindal and it got me thinking, so I googled to see how many others of Indian descent were involved in American politics. I profiled the three most interesting and followed with a list. Impressive. ShirleyRepublican Governor of Louisiana. Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (June 10, 1971) was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Amar and Raj Jindal, who came to the United States as immigrants from Punjab, India, six months before he was born. He is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana, having won that office in both the 2007 and the 2011 elections. Jindal, a former Congressman, is a member of the Republican Party. Jindal is the first Indian American to become governor of an American state.
Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley (born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, Haley represented Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010.
Tulsi Gabbard (born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and the Democratic Congresswoman-elect for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. She will be the first Hindu member and one of the first female combat veterans in the United States Congress. Tulsi Gabbard was born in Leloaloa, American Samoa, the fourth of five children of Mike Gabbard and Carol Porter Gabbard. Her family moved to Hawaii in 1983 when Tulsi was two. Tulsi grew up in a multicultural, multi-religious household. Her father is of Samoan/Caucasian heritage and is a practicing Catholic who is a lector at his church, but also likes to practice mantra meditation, including kirtan. Her mother is Caucasian and a practicing Hindu. Tulsi fully embraced Hinduism as a teenager. Her father is currently the State Senator for Hawaii's 19th District.United States
- Harvinder "Harry" Anand, Mayor of Laurel Hollow, New York, the first Indian-American Mayor in New York.
- Sam Arora, member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
- Kumar P. Barve, State legislator and Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Dr. Ami Bera, Democratic nominee for Congress in California's 3rd congressional district, former Chief Medical Officer for Sacramento County
- Raj Peter Bhakta, entrepreneur, former The Apprentice contestant, and 2006 Republican U.S. House nominee in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
- Satveer Chaudhary, former state senator and representative in Minnesota.
- Joy Cherian, 1st Asian and Indian American head of the EEOC
- Swati Dandekar, Iowa State Representative
- Bhagwan Dashairya, 2006 nominee for Governor of Michigan of the U.S. Taxpayers Party.
- Sonny Dhaliwal, first Indian elected as City Councilman in California for the city of Lathrop, currently serving as Vice Mayor for the city of Lathrop, California.
- Mervyn M. Dymally, Prominent Democrat politician; current California State Assemblyman; former State Senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Congressman; first Trinidadian to serve in California State Senate and as California Lt. Governor
- Kris Kolluri, New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation.
- Upendra Chivukula, state legislator (New Jersey General Assembly); first Indian-American elected to the NJ legislature.
- Kamala Harris, District Attorney of San Francisco; first Indian-American elected as a D.A. in the United States. Her sister, Maya Harris, was made the Executive Director of the ACLU of Northern California in October 2006.
- Kim Singh, Executive Director Asian American Public Policy Institute, former State Chair of Asian Pacific Islander Caucus California Democratic Party, Vice President Stonewall Democratic Club, awarded Medal Of Honor by President Bill Clinton.
- Bobby Jindal, former U.S. Congressman and current Governor of Louisiana.
- Raj Mukherji, Deputy Mayor of Jersey City, NJ.
- Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian-American congressman, was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
- Shashi Tharoor, Undersecretary General for Communications and Public Information for the United Nations. Candidate for UN general secretary post
- Sanjay Puri, Chairman of USINPAC & USIBA
- Nikki Randhawa Haley, governor of South Carolina.
- Rachel Paulose, first woman to become a U.S. Attorney in Minnesota, US Attorney for the District of Minnesota
- Sameer Kanal, Democratic National Convention 2004 delegate for Howard Dean from Washington.
- Nanda Chitre, former Deputy Press Secretary in the Bill Clinton Administration.
- Dr. Arjinderpal Sekhon, former candidate for Congress from California's 2nd congressional district
- Harry Sidhu, first Indian American elected to Anaheim City Council, November 2004; candidate for California's 33rd Senate District.
- Chirinjeev Kathuria, 2004 U.S. Senate candidate in Illinois Republican primary
- Amit Singh, Republican candidate for Congress from Virginia's 8th congressional district
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