As the US finishes voting in the critical midterm elections on Wednesday, Indian-American Aruna Miller became the first immigrant to hold the office of Lieutenant Governor in Maryland.
“Maryland, tonight you showed the nation what a small but mighty state can do when democracy is on the ballot. You chose unity over division, expanding rights over restricting rights, hope over fear. You chose Wes Moore and me to be your next Governor and Lieutenant Governor,” she wrote on Twitter shortly after her win.
“The moral to this story is, NEVER EVER underestimate the underdogs. And guess what – we’ll always look out for the underdogs. We see you. We hear you. We believe in you. And @iamwesmoore and I are going to fight for you,” she wrote in another tweet.
The moral to this story is, NEVER EVER underestimate the underdogs.
And guess what – we’ll always look out for the underdogs.
We see you.
We hear you.
We believe in you.
And @iamwesmoore and I are going to fight for you.— Aruna Miller (@arunamiller) November 9, 2022
Miller’s running mate Wes Moore also made a history in Maryland as he became the state’s first Black governor. He is only the third Black governor elected in the country.
According to Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Miller “is a seasoned legislator who has fought for families in Montgomery County and across the entire state of Maryland in the House of Delegates.”
Aruna Miller, 58, have her roots in Hyderabad and immigrated to the United States from India when she was 7. Miller She became a US citizen in 2000 and spent four years on the House Ways and Means Committee and four years on the Appropriations Committee, according to a report in The Quint.
She ran for Congress in 2018 in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District, finishing second in a crowded field of eight candidates.
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