In a moment that felt like history turning a fresh page, Virginia voters have chosen Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s new Lieutenant Governor. With this victory, she becomes the first Indian-American to hold the position and she stepped into it at the age of 60.

For many, this win is more than a result on election night. It is a story of belonging, of identity, and of how the American dream now carries accents, memories, and childhoods from across oceans.

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Hashmi, who once walked the busy streets of Malakpet in Hyderabad as a little girl, will now walk the marble floors of Virginia’s executive office.Hashmi’s story begins in Hyderabad in 1964, in a home filled with books, education, and big dreams. Her parents, Tanveer and Professor Zia Hashmi, believed deeply in learning and

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