US Elections

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA- Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman leads Mayor Karen Bass 39% to 28% among likely voters in a new poll by the University of California, Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, CA-California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a package of 13 bills aimed at protecting the state’s November midterm elections from interference, including measures concerning mail voting and federal demands for voter data, according to his office. Among the measures,

India-West News Desk ATLANTA, GA – Jyot Singh, candidate for Georgia State House District 97, has received an endorsement from U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna for his 2026 campaign. Khanna (D-CA) announced his support for Singh in a post on X, saying he was proud to

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Chatter surrounding the 2028 presidential race is intensifying following a new survey from YouGov and Bowling Green State University. The poll indicates a high potential for a “vice-presidential matchup in 2028,” as USA Today put

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - HinduPACT has designated September as American Hindu Voter Registration Month, launching a nationwide effort focused on voter registration, education and participation ahead of upcoming elections. The initiative, led by HinduVote, a HinduPACT project, is being conducted

India-West News Desk FRESNO, CA - Immigration enforcement has already emerged as a central issue in the Fresno City Council District 1 race. Now, a past decision by candidate Naindeep Singh to support Harmeet Dhillon, President Donald Trump’s top civil rights

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA - Nithya Raman is pressing Mayor Karen Bass to take their increasingly combative Los Angeles mayoral contest to more television debates, arguing that voters deserve a fuller discussion of the city’s problems as the two

India-West News Desk CERRITOS, CA- Patnaik has announced his candidacy for Cerritos City Council in the March 2, 2027 election. Patnaik has served as a City of Cerritos commissioner since 2010. He has also been a member of the Cerritos College Bond

India-West News Desk SUNNYVALE, CA- Narendra Pathak of Sunnyvale has been reappointed to the Santa Clara County Public Authority for In-Home Supportive Services Advisory Board, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors. Pathak was sworn in on August 25 for another term

WASHINGTON, D.C. - US Vice-President J.D. Vance has again sidestepped questions about a possible presidential campaign in 2028, saying Republicans should concentrate on the November midterm elections instead of competing for a job several years away. Vance was asked whether he

India-West News Desk DETROIT, MI – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed spoke about democracy in Pakistan at a Pakistani American Independence Day event in Michigan, where he also shared a personal connection to India through his wife, Dr. Sarah Jukaku. Speaking

Photo: wikimedia India-West News Desk BOSTON, MA - US District Court Judge Indira Talwani has stalled the Trump administration's executive order on mail voting, issuing a critical temporary injunction on August 27 to protect the upcoming midterm election procedures. Judge Talwani issued a

WASHINGTON, DC- Indian American voters are showing strong enthusiasm for the US midterm elections and a clear preference for Democratic congressional candidates, according to a new national survey. The 2026 Asian American Voter Survey found that 92 per cent of Indian

By Howard Dean American voters desperately want relief from rising prices -- especially the increasingly unaffordable cost of healthcare. Democrats have a plan for that. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act, a bill that would split

India-West News Desk PHOENIX, AZ – Democrat Amish Shah has received endorsements from both the Human Rights Campaign PAC and the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Arizona as he campaigns for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District. Shah, an emergency medicine doctor and former Arizona state

CINCINNATI, OH - Vice President JD Vance has endorsed fellow Republican Vivek Ramaswamy for governor of Ohio, calling him a “great” candidate who would make a “great governor” while using a speech in his hometown of Middletown to promote the

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's political organization is contributing $100,000 to Democratic candidates and causes as he prepares to sit out a November election for the first time in nearly a decade. Krishnamoorthi said Equal Opportunity Now would direct the

India-West News Desk SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator Aisha Wahab of California who  once  earned  the wrath of several Hindu groups by introducing a bill that would have made the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste-based discrimination, has won a special election

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman clashed on August 19 over homelessness, public safety, city services and leadership in their first face-to-face debate of the November 3 mayoral election, with

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY- Republican New York Attorney General candidate Saritha Komatireddy has accepted the Public Campaign Finance Board’s invitation to participate in the 2026 general election debate hosted by Spectrum News, while again challenging Attorney General Letitia James

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been featured alongside the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Hezbollah on a campaign billboard in central Tel Aviv, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turns his attacks on

India-West News Desk GREENVILLE, SC - The televised debate on August 18, has opened a new line of attack in South Carolina’s Republican Senate runoff, with former Governo Nikki Haley criticizing Trump-endorsed candidate Darline Graham over her admission that national security

MIAMI, FL - Educator Pia Dandiya has won the Democratic primary for Florida's 22nd Congressional District, setting up a November contest against Republican businessman and Marine veteran Casey Askar in a closely watched race that could help determine control of

WASHINGTON, DC- A group of 19 US lawmakers has slammed Meta’s election safeguards as inadequate, warning that its rollback of fact-checking and growing reliance on artificial intelligence could leave American voters exposed to deepfakes and political disinformation ahead of the

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump is again raising the specter of election fraud without presenting evidence, while leaving open the possibility of using emergency powers to impose new voting restrictions ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. In an interview with

India-West News Desk CINCINNATI, OH - Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is proposing new restrictions on data centers, saying the facilities should be allowed to expand in the state only if they provide clear financial and environmental benefits to the

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman is losing her position as chair of the City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee, a move she says is politically motivated as she challenges Mayor Karen Bass

India-West News Desk DETROIT, MI – Dr.Abdul El-Sayed, the public health expert and progressive Democrat, who made national headlines when he won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, has an India connection. He is married to Dr. Sarah Jukaku, a psychiatrist whose parents

Photo:USPS India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - A coalition of civil rights and voting rights organizations, including several Indian American ones, have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration’s request to reinstate Executive Order 14399, arguing that the measure

India-West News DeskUNION CITY, CA -Union City Human Relations Commission Chair Deepti Garg has entered the race for the New Haven Unified School District Governing Board, filing to run for the Trustee Area 5 seat in the Nov. 3 election. A Union

India-West News Desk RICHMOND, VA - Incumbent Rep. Suhas Subramanyam has secured the Democratic nomination for Virginia's 10th Congressional District after running unopposed in the August 4 primary and will face Republican nominee Dave Beckwith in the November general election. Following the

India-West News Desk DETROIT, MI - Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) conceded defeat in Michigan's 13th Congressional District Democratic primary, ending his bid for a third term after losing to state Rep. Donavan McKinney in one of the most closely watched Democratic contests

India-West News Desk SEATTLE, WA - Incumbent Representative and progressive trailblazer Pramila Jayapal marked a personal milestone on August 5, celebrating her 19th wedding anniversary, just hours after securing a decisive victory in Washington state's congressional primary and advancing to the

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said the recent wave of progressive victories in Democratic House primaries reflects growing voter frustration with the economy and signals the need for his party to reconnect with working-class Americans. His comments

Photo: Screengrab/social media India-West News Desk CLEVELAND, OH - Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was booed repeatedly during an appearance at the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) national convention on July 29, underscoring his sometimes uneasy relationship with parts of the conservative

Photo: YouTube India-West News Desk NASHVILLE, TN - Kamala Harris urged Democrats to mobilize voters in record numbers for next year's midterm elections, arguing that overwhelming turnout is the best response to what she described as efforts to undermine voting access. Speaking

WASHINGTON, DC - Two Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would ban deceptive artificial intelligence-generated campaign advertising, warning that fabricated images, videos and voices pose a growing threat to US elections. Senator Adam Schiff and Congressman Ro Khanna, both from California,

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has added Arizona congressional candidate Amish Shah and Florida candidate Pia Dandiya to its Red to Blue program, a move signaling the party's confidence that both races will be

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman is highlighting a sharp decline in street homelessness in her district, using newly released homelessness data to argue that her approach should serve as a

By Ajay Bhutoria Winning a national campaign requires far more than early name recognition it demands a strategic blueprint that addresses shifting demographics, policy priorities, and the precise math of the Electoral College. While the 2028 presidential race may feel distant to

India-West News Desk PHOENIX, AZ - Emergency physician and former Arizona state Rep. Dr. Amish Shah has won the Democratic nomination for Arizona's First Congressional District, overcoming heavy spending and opposition from his own party's establishment to secure a place in

India-West News Desk COLUMBUS, OH-Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and a super PAC supporting his campaign spent nearly $9 million on advertising between May 15 and the end of June, while Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton and a supportive political action committee

India-West News Desk AUGUSTA, ME –Dr. Nirav Shah has suspended his campaign for the US Senate in Maine and endorsed fellow Democrat Troy Jackson, saying party unity is essential to defeating Republican Senator Susan Collins. In a statement announcing his decision, Shah

WASHINGTON, DC - The top three Democrats in the US House of Representatives have endorsed Congressman Shri Thanedar for re-election from Michigan, citing his work to lower household costs and his opposition to President Donald Trump and Republican policies. House Democratic

India-West News Desk FOLSOM, CA - Engineer and community leader Jag Nagendra is seeking the District 3 seat on the Folsom City Council, campaigning on a platform centered on fiscal sustainability, public safety, economic development, transparent governance, inclusive leadership, and rebuilding

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia has endorsed City Councilmember Nithya Raman in the city's mayoral race, describing her as an independent leader committed to transparency, fiscal accountability and government accountability. Mejia said he had warned in

India-West News Desk CINCINNATI, OH - In the wake of their brief and tumultuous partnership, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy appear to have put their public disagreements behind them, signaling a new chapter of cooperation. Despite a frosty start in late

India-West News Desk BRUNSWICK, ME – Dr. Nirav Shah has cleared a key requirement in his bid for the US Senate, with his campaign securing enough signatures to participate in the Maine Democratic Party’s nominating convention. According to the campaign, Shah received

WASHINGTON, DC-Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley will not run in the special election to replace Senator Lindsey Graham, her spokesperson said on July 12, ending early speculation about the prominent Indian American Republican's political plans. “While she has been blessed

India-West News Desk BRUNSWICK, ME – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Nirav Shah has called on his fellow candidates to participate in at least two statewide televised debates before the Maine Democratic State Committee votes later this month to choose the party's Senate nominee. Shah said