US midterms: Indian-American Democrats Suhas Subramanyam, Aruna Miller win; Pia Dandiya leads Florida race

IndianAmerican Democrats Suhas Subramanyam and Aruna Miller were projected to win reelection on Tuesday as the first results of the US midterm elections emerged while Pia Dandiya led a closely contested congressional race in Florida and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy trailed in Ohios governors contestNBC News projected Subramanyams victory in Virginias 10th Congressional District where the Democratic incumbent secured about 63 per cent of the vote against Republican challenger Dave Beckwiths 35 per cent with approximately 82 per cent of the expected vote countedThe victory gives Subramanyam who first entered Congress in 2025 a second twoyear term Subramanyam who became Virginias first IndianAmerican member of Congress in 2024 also faced independent candidate Ahsen Malik In neighbouring Maryland IndianAmerican Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller secured another term after NBC News projected Democratic Governor Wes Moores reelectionMiller who ran alongside Moore on the Democratic ticket defeated Republican lieutenant governor candidate Rob Krop the running mate of former state delegate Dan Cox Her reelection ensures continued IndianAmerican representation in one of the countrys highest state executive officesThe results represented early successes for IndianAmerican Democrats as several closely watched races remained undecided In Floridas 22nd Congressional District Democrat Pia Dandiya was leading Republican Casey Askar by approximately 52 per cent to 48 per cent with about 94 per cent of the expected vote counted according to NBCs electionnight figuresApproximately 280000 votes had been counted in the contest NBC had not projected a winner although Dandiya held a substantial advantage with relatively few votes remaining Dandiya a former school principal is seeking to enter Congress from a newly redrawn South Florida district The contest has attracted attention as one of the competitive House races that could influence control of the chamberIn Ohio Democrat Amy Acton maintained a sizeable early lead over IndianAmerican Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the governors race Acton received approximately 63 per cent of the vote against Ramaswamys 34 per cent with about onequarter of the expected vote counted according to NBC News Roughly 12 million votes had been counted at that stageThe network said the contest remained too early to call Ramaswamy a biotechnology entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump is seeking to succeed termlimited Republican Governor Mike DeWineActon a physician and former Ohio health director emerged as the Democratic challenger in a contest that has drawn national attention In Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ed Markey was projected to win reelection The result meant defeat for independent IndianAmerican candidate Shiva Ayyadurai who was among the challengers alongside Republican John DeatonElsewhere Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff was projected to win reelection in Georgia defeating Republican Congressman Mike Collins in one of the early Senate race calls In Georgias state legislative elections IndianAmerican Democrat Jyot Singh held an early lead over Republican Yassin Moghazy in House District 97 although counting remained incompleteOther IndianAmerican candidates including Republican Mahesh Ganorkar in North Carolina and Democrat Pooja Sethi in Texas were awaiting definitive results The November 3 elections will determine control of the 435member US House of Representatives and 35 Senate seats along with governorships state legislative positions and local offices The elections are being held halfway through Trumps second presidential termThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever