Ram Villivalam wins Illinois Assembly Primary |
Only one Indian American running in contested races during the Illinois primary election March 20 was successful, and that, too, going up against an incumbent, while other candidates fared poorly. Ram Villivalam, who was running for the Democratic nomination in a de facto general election with no Republicans running for the state General Assembly seat in the 8th Legislative District, was a convincing winner over incumbent Ira Silverstein.Villivalam, a candidate endorsed by the Indian American Impact Fund and the well-known daily publication the Chicago Tribune, received 51.9 percent of the vote, nearly 20 points ahead of Silverstein, who tallied 29.1 percent and finished a distant second. Caroline McAteer-Fournier, with 13.8 percent, and David Zulkey, with 5.3 percent, finished well behind Villivalam in the race.
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