India, Nov. 5 -- Amid the celebration of Zohran Mamdani's New York City Mayoral election, Indian-origin Democrat Ghazala Hashmi has won Virginia Lieutenant Governor's race, going past Republican candidate John Reid, media reports said.

Hashmi scripted history by becoming the first Indian American and the first Muslim to hold that statewide office in Virginia.

Her father, Zia Hashmi, was a political science professor; her family moved into an academic-town environment.

She and her husband Azhar Rafiq moved to the Richmond, Virginia area in 1991 and raised two daughters.

In 2019, Hashmi was elected to the Virginia State Senate, defeating a Republican incumbent.

Her legislative priorities include public education, voting rights, reprodu...