US mid-term polls: The Only Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera Might Lose

Harmeet Dhillon

Harmeet K. Dhillon founded Dhillon Law Group in 2006. After many years serving as our Managing Partner, she departed the firm in 2025 to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.

As Americans go to their mid-term polls on Tuesday 4 November, Democrats are bracing for bad news. The president’s popularity ratings are low and Democrats might lose control of the Senate. For Indian-Americans there might be worse news from the House of Representatives.

Ami Bera, the only Indian American in Congress, and only the second one to make it there after Dalip Kumar Saund in 1957, might also lose his seat in a tight race in California.

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Harmeet Dhillon

Harmeet K. Dhillon founded Dhillon Law Group in 2006. After many years serving as our Managing Partner, she departed the firm in 2025 to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.