{"id":11619,"date":"2011-12-17T18:12:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T18:12:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-12-17T18:12:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T18:12:59","slug":"South-Asian-joins-race-for-Congress-district-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11619","title":{"rendered":"South Asian joins race for Congress district seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Indian-American attorney Vivek Bavda has joined the race for a revamped Congressional District seat in Illinois in the November 2012 general elections, close on the heels of Raja Krishnamoorthi announcing his bid for another district in the US state.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>34-year-old Bavda of Mundelein is running for Congress from the 10th district, home <strong>to close to 8 per cent Asians<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Bavda and another candidate Brad Scheneider will face Waukegan community organiser Ilya Sheyman and Hainseville mathematician Aloys Rutagwbira in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born in Columbus in Ohio, Bavda, whose parents hail from Gujarat, is confident that he will win.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;A lot of Asian Americans don&#8217;t vote. We need Asian Americans to vote . I&#8217;m up for the challenge.<\/strong> Part of my job is to engage them and let their voice be heard,&#8221; Bavda said.<\/p>\n<p>Bavda said he wants to work on creating more jobs and to improve education.<\/p>\n<p>If elected, he said that he would encourage legal immigration. <strong>&#8220;We need a bigger younger base to support our ageing community. 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