Hyderabad:The US midterm elections have brought pride for people with roots in Telangana, with Hyderabad-born Aruna Miller winning a second term as Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor. Telugu-origin Republican candidate Saritha Komatireddy, however, lost the New York Attorney General race.
Miller, who was born in Hyderabad on November 6, 1964, was re-elected on the Democratic ticket alongside Governor Wes Moore. The duo defeated the Republican ticket of Dan Cox and Rob Krop in the Maryland gubernatorial election. Miller is the 10th Lieutenant Governor of the state and the first woman of colour and immigrant to be elected to a statewide office in Maryland.
A civil engineer by training, Miller moved to the US with her family when she was seven. She earned a degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla, now the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and worked for 25 years in Montgomery County’s transportation department before entering politics. She first took office as Lieutenant Governor in January 2023.
In New York, Saritha Komatireddy, whose parents hail from Chegyam village in Velgatoor mandal of Jagtial district, lost to incumbent Democrat Letitia James, who secured a third term as Attorney General. Komatireddy contested as the Republican candidate and received the support of US President Donald Trump.
Born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, to cardiologist Dr Hanumanth Reddy and rheumatologist Dr Geetha Reddy, Komatireddy grew up in the US after her family migrated there in the 1980s. She has worked as a federal prosecutor, handling cases involving terrorism, drug trafficking, cybercrime and money laundering. She also served as Chief of Staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2023 to 2024 and taught at Columbia Law School.
Accepting her defeat, Komatireddy wrote on X: “I am deeply grateful to the thousands of volunteers, supporters, and everyday New Yorkers who believed in our campaign and our vision for a safer and stronger New York.”
She said she was proud of the campaign, adding that it had brought people together around practical ideas rather than division and hate. “Public service means serving people, not celebrity or personal gain,” she wrote, adding that her future work would continue to focus on serving others and making New York safer.
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