Indian-American Bobby Jindal wins US House seat
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Indian-American Piyush &quot;Bobby&quot; Jindal coasted to victory in his bid for a seat in the US House of Representatives, rebounding from his failed attempt last year to become governor of Louisiana.
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MinnesotaÃ¢ÂÂs 5th District, which includes all of Minneapolis and much of its suburbia, is the stateÃ¢ÂÂs premier Democratic stronghold: 2004 presidential nominee John Kerry drew 71 percent there in 2004, and retiring Democratic Rep. Martin Olav Sabo has won all 14 of his House contests there with ease.
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India's ruling Congress party won power  in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that will boost the  fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.
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US House of Representatives awards Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi its highest medal.
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The U.S. Congress on Thursday  formally certified President Bush as the victor of the November  elections after two Democrats symbolically stalled the event in  protest at alleged voting irregularities in Ohio.
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Republican Rep. Bobby Jindal was  elected governor of Louisiana on Saturday to become the first  Indian-American to lead a U.S. state.
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After weeks of election-year  fighting, the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed  $14.5 billion in disaster aid, much of it for the  storm-battered election battleground of Florida.
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AHMEDABAD, India  - A controversial hardline Hindu politician formally took power as chief minister of India's Gujarat state on Tuesday, after a strong election victory that came as a shot in the arm for his Hindu-nationalist party.
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Former state lawmaker Randy Graf won the GOP primary for an open U.S. House seat despite lobbying from the National Republican Congressional Committee against his candidacy.
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Democrat Ciro D. RodriguezÃ¢ÂÂs upset runoff victory Tuesday over seven-term Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla in southwestern TexasÃ¢ÂÂ 23rd District was a major triumph in both partisan and personal terms.
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Tuesday's election victories gave the US Senate its biggest-ever minority representation, with one African-American and two Hispanics elected to the 100-member chamber, in addition to gains in the House.
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TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 20 -- Florida officials certified Republican Vern Buchanan on Monday as the winner of the House seat being vacated by Rep. Katherine Harris (R). The loser immediately sued for a new election, arguing that touch-screen voting machines had malfunctioned.
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Indian newspapers have rejoiced after the US House of Representatives passed landmark legislation allowing the export of civilian nuclear technology to India for the first time in 30 years.
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A six-term incumbent congressman emerged Saturday as the apparent winner of a hotly contested primary after officials finished counting more than 11,000 provisional ballots.
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Hillsborough County Commissioner Kathy CastorÃ¢ÂÂs win in TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Democratic primary in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs strongly Democratic 11th Congressional District virtually assures that she will plant her familyÃ¢ÂÂs flag on Capitol Hill Ã¢ÂÂ just two years after her mother, longtime Tampa Bay area political figure Betty Castor, lost a Senate race to Republican Mel Martinez by just 1 percentage point.
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Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller is now the official winner of the tightly contested Aug. 15 Republican primary for his stateÃ¢ÂÂs open2nd Congressional District seat Ã¢ÂÂ following a court ruling Friday that rejected an attempt by his closest competitor,state Assemblywoman Sen. Sharron Angle, to have the outcome of the primary vacated and a new election called.
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Ever since U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana on Oct. 20, Indian Americans across the country have been debating whether to celebrate or turn up their noses.