India, Oct. 27 -- Pia Dandiya faces Republican nominee Casey Askar in the 2026 midterm elections on November 3, as she contests for Florida's 22nd Congressional District. Both are running for an open seat after Democrat Lois Frankel opted to run for the 23rd District. Dandiya won the Democratic primary on August 18 and is focusing on reducing the cost of housing, property insurance, healthcare and childcare. She's also made education an integral part of her campaign. Neither Dandiya nor Askar has held a public office before. If elected, Dandiya would become the first South Asian American to represent Florida in the US Congress.

Pia Dandiya stepped into politics when she started working in Senator Bill Nelson's Washington office. She late...