Indian-Origin Democrat Suhas Subramanyam Wins Re-Election to US House of Representatives

Indian-origin Democrat Suhas Subramanyam has won his seat to the the US House of Representatives in the 10th District in Virginia in this year’s US midterm congressional race , according to the race called by The Associated Press. The first Indian-American elected to the US Congress from the US East Coast was running for re-election against his Republican contender Republican Dave T Beckwith. As someone born in Houston to Tamil physician parents who emigrated from India, Subramanyam has often emerged as a loud voice for the South Asian diaspora community in the US Congress. This is a developing story.