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Democrat Pia Dandiya wins election to U.S. House in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District
CBS projects Pia Dandiya’s win will make her the first Indian American elected to Florida’s House delegation.
- On Tuesday, Democrat Pia Dandiya won the race for Florida's 22nd Congressional District, defeating Republican Casey Askar in one of South Florida's most closely watched contests, CBS News projected.
- Florida's Republican-controlled legislature redrew the district earlier this year, creating an open-seat contest that shifted west and south from its former coastal Palm Beach County configuration.
- Dandiya, a former educator and high school principal, secured 56.5 percent of the vote, defeating Askar, a businessman and Marine Corps veteran who campaigned on conservative economic policies.
- This victory makes the 36-year-old the first Indian American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida and the 10th Indian American elected to Congress in national history.
- Dandiya will serve a two-year term when the new Congress convenes in January, representing a district that President Donald Trump carried by approximately 10 percentage points in 2024.
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US midterms: Pia Dandiya wins House seat from Florida
Indian American Pia Dandiya has won the election to the US House of Representatives from Florida's 22nd congressional district, defeating Marine veteran Casey Askar. Dandiya, a former high school principal, secured 51.9 per cent of the votes, becoming the newest Indian-American US congresswoman and turning a competitive district blue.
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Leaning Left16Leaning Right4Center13Last UpdatedBias Distribution49% Left
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- 49% of the sources lean Left
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C 39%
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