Renewed energy spurred by Kamala Harris’s spot on the national ticket is making some Democratic donors and activists optimistic about higher voter turnout among a growing constituency of Indian-Americans in battleground states
Shekar Narasimhan was flooded with calls and messages from fellow Indian-Americans almost immediately after Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, as his running mate.
Mr. Narasimhan, founder of AAPI Victory Fund, a super PAC that helps elect Asian-Americans, said the people reaching out to him wanted to know how they could help the Democratic ticket. Indian-American donors who were on the sidelines told him they were ready to help Mr. Biden, and those already involved...
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