Kamala Harris Says Number Of Indian Americans In Elected Offices Not Reflective Of Their Population

The number of Indian Americans in elected offices is not reflective of their growing population, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday, urging the members of the minority ethnic community to run for elected offices increasingly.

Ms. Harris, who is of both Indian and African heritage, was speaking at “Desis Decide” — the annual summit of Indian American Impact, a democratic party think tank, that supports and funds Indian Americans running for elected offices across the country.

“Over the years, we've had so much more participation by Indian Americans in the electoral process running for office. But the numbers are still not reflective of the size of the growing population,” Ms. Harris, the first-ever Indian American, African American, and a woman to be elected as the vice president of the U.S. told a packed room of Indian Americans in the national capital.