Washington, Nov. 6 -- Indian-Americans had a big night not just in New York, but also the rest of the US as a slate of rising political figures won their high-profile electoral races. While Zohran Mamdani became New York's first Indian- origin Mayor, the Hyderabad-born Senator Ghazala Hashmi was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, becoming the first Muslim-American woman to be elected to statewide office anywhere in the US. Meanwhile, Aftab Pureval saw off a challenge from US Vice President JD Vance's half-brother Cory Bowman to win re-election as mayor of Cincinnati in Ohio. "Cincinnati, it's the honour of my life to serve as your mayor. I'm humbled, and I'm ready, to continue our work for the next four years," said Pureval on X after winning his re-election campaign. A slate of Indian-American candidates, mostly from the Democratic Party, also won state and local level offices across the country. On election day, dozens of Indian-American candidates ran for offices ranging from county supervisor to state senator. A number of them running in New Jersey and Virginia - both states with a sizable Indian-American population - found electoral success. Balvir Singh, the first Sikh elected to New Jersey's State House, was comfortably re-elected to another term in office. Hoboken mayor Ravinder Bhalla will join Singh in the state's assembly after winning his election against Republican challengers, including Indian-American candidate Kaushal Patel. "Grateful to the voters of the 32nd District for entrusting me and Katie Brennan with representing you in Trenton, and looking forward to continuing to serve the great people of Hoboken & Jersey City as an Assemblyman," Bhalla said on X. Meanwhile, former Obama administration official JJ Singh won re-election to Virginia's State House while Senator Kannan Srinivasan kept his seat in the state senate. Indian-American candidates also won offices at the local level, including in states like South Carolina. However, it was not a night of unmitigated success for Indian Americans. Former US Treasury official Dini Ajwani was unable to win election as mayor of Hoboken in New Jersey while Karen Bhatia lost her race to become a county legislator in New York....