New Delhi: The Democrats scored a rebound Tuesday as four US states saw party representatives winning by huge numbers in the first polls since Republican Donald Trump became US President. Moreover, it also signalled a series of firsts for South Asian representation in American politics with three Indian-origin candidates taking charge.

Among the most prominent is New York’s first Muslim mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat whose parents were born in India.

Aftab Pureval, the incumbent mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose father was born in India, retained his post, defeating Republican candidate Cory Bowman, who is incidentally the half-brother of US Vice President J.D. Vance. Show Full Article

In Virginia, Ghazala Hashmi, born in Hyderabad, will be the first Indian-origin Muslim woman to be

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