{"id":3821,"date":"2026-11-04T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2026-11-04T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:03:43","slug":"pakistani-american-candidates-win-seats-in-us-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3821","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani-American candidates win seats in US midterm elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several Pakistani-American candidates have won elections in different US states, securing seats in state legislatures, US media said on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to reports, a number of candidates of Pakistani origin emerged victorious in Tuesday\u2019s mid-term elections.<\/p>\n

Maryam Sabih won a seat in the Pennsylvania State Assembly, while Maryam Khan secured victory in Connecticut\u2019s State Senate.<\/p>\n

In another win for the Pakistani-American community, Saeed Anwar was re-elected to the Connecticut State Senate.<\/p>\n

Texas also saw victories for two Pakistani-American lawmakers. Salman Bhojani was re-elected to the state House of Representatives, securing 67 per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n

Suleman Lalani also retained his seat in the Texas House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

In Georgia, Farooq Mughal won the state House of Representatives election from District 105 with 60.8 per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n

However, not all Pakistani-American candidates managed to win. Republican candidate Imtiaz Muhammad lost his race for the Florida State House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several Pakistani-American candidates have won elections in different US states, securing seats in state legislatures, US media said on Wednesday. According to reports, a number of candidates of Pakistani origin emerged victorious in Tuesday\u2019s mid-term elections. Maryam Sabih won a seat in the Pennsylvania State Assembly, while Maryam Khan secured victory in Connecticut\u2019s State Senate. In another win for the Pakistani-American community, Saeed Anwar was re-elected to the Connecticut State Senate. Texas also saw victories for two Pakistani-American lawmakers. Salman Bhojani was re-elected to the state House of Representatives, securing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}