Indian-American candidates Amish Shah and Pia Dandiya have favourable prospects in their respective races for the U.S.
House of Representatives in Arizona and Florida in the midterm elections, according to pre-poll predictions.
Shah, a 48-year-old physician and former state representative, is in the fray from the First District in Arizona against former National Football League kicker Jay Feely, the Republican candidate who has received an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Dandiya, a 39-year-old former high school principal, is contesting from South Florida’s 22nd district, which was carved out in redistricting, against Casey Askar of the Republican Party. Mr. Ms. President Trump’s Republican Party is facing a crucial electoral test against the opposition Democratic Party.
Dandiya’s refrain on the campaign trail. Ms. Every single graduate of her high school earned admission to college, despite 86% of them living in low-income households.
The Cook Political Report, which provides non-partisan analysis of election campaigns, has listed Shah’s election from Arizona’s first Congressional district as “lean Democratic” in the Republican stronghold. “I think we could use some high school principal energy in DC right about now,” has been Ms. Dandiya is a first-generation American who has dedicated her career to strengthening communities as a high school principal, policy leader and technology innovator, according to her campaign website.
