[Update: Madia lost the race to Republican Erik Paulsen]
Congressional candidate Ashwin Madia has received plenty of coverage - including this recent piece in the Wall Street Journal and our coverage on SAJAforum - but there are plenty of other desis running for office. The Indian American Leadership Initiative (IALI) sent out this list of candidates across the country. I've linked to coverage or endorsements wherever I found them...
Amarpreet Dhaliwal N/D-CA (Fresno Bee coverage)
Council Member; City of San Joaquin (Fresno County)
Ash Kalra D-CA (endorsed by this local paper, but running unopposed)
Council Member; City of San Jose (Santa Clara County)
Harpreet S. Sandhu D-CA (calls himself the only elected Sikh in California)
Council Member; City of Richmond (Contra Costa County)
Jack Sidhu N-CA
Council Member; City of Kerman (Fresno County)
Incumbent 2 years
Kish Rajan D-CA (endorsed by the Contra Costa Times)
Council Member; City of Walnut Creek (Contra Costa County)
Navdeep K. Garcha N-CA (same race as Sandhu; blog coverage here)
Council Member; City of Richmond (Contra Costa County)
Paul R. Singh D-CA ("a retired millwright and farmer")
State Assembly (District 2)
Susie V. Nagpal N/D-CA (endorsed by the Saratoga News)
Council Member; City of Saratoga (Santa Clara County)
Tony Patel D-GA (campaign website)
State Representative (District 47)
Swati Dandekar D-IA (campaign website)
State Legislator (District 36)
Incumbent 4 years
Running for State Senator (District 18)
Raj Goyle D-KS (on using Facebook to connect with young voters)
State Representative (District 87)
Incumbent 2 years
Jay Goyal D-OH (endorsement from the Mansfield News Journal, of Ohio)
State Representative (District 73)
Incumbent 2 years
Ashish Mahendru D-TX (campaign website)
334th Civil District Court Judge (Harris County)
R.K. Sandill D-TX (coverage by KHOU TV, in Houston)
127th Civil District Court Judge (Harris County)
Update: Sri Lankan-American candidate Sashi McEntee ran for California State Senate, losing out to Democrat Mark Leno.
