The 'Samosa Caucus' is back to the US Congress as four Indians had got successfully elected to the House of Representatives, the lower house, of the US Congress and these Indians are preparing to make a historical entry to the national chamber amid the neck-and-neck battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden to win the presidency. 

Samosa Caucus, the informal grouping of the Indian-American lawmakers, had attained a breakthrough in the elections by recording a decent margin in their respective Congressional districts.   Four Indian-American lawmakers who got re-elected are Raja Krishnamoorthi, Pramila Jayapal, Dr. Ami Bera, and Ro Khanna. All four belong to the Democratic party, which largely would be retaining the majority in the lower house.  

Samosa Caucus as termed by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi would likely expand its count of Indian lawmakers if Dr. Hiral Tipirneni wins her Congressional district in Arizona. Tipirneni was leading against incumbent Republican Congressman David Schweikert. If elected, 52-year-old Tipirneni would be the second-ever Indian- American woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. 

55-year-old Jayapal was the first Indian-American woman to be elected to the lower house of the US Congress and she has been serving as the US Representative for Washington state's 7th Congressional district since 2017. According to reports, the Samosa caucus currently has five Indian American lawmakers - these four members and California Senator Kamala Harris (56), who is the Vice-Presidential nominee for the Democratic party. 

If she wins the election, she will be the first woman, first Indian- American, and first South-Asian woman ever to hold the Office of the Vice-President of the United States, the second-highest office in the country. According to reports, 47-year-old Raja Krishnamoorthi had defeated 30-year-old Preston Nelson of the Libertarian Party with a huge margin. 

As a Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi has been serving as the US Representative for Illinois's 8th Congressional district since 2017 while 55-year-old Dr.Ami Bera, who is the senior-most member of the Samosa Caucus, has won the seventh Congressional district of California for the fifth consecutive term. As per the reports, he won the race with a strong lead of 25% and defeated GOP's candidate Buzz Patterson. 

44-year-old Ro Khanna had defeated fellow Indian-American Ritesh Tandon of the Republican party with a margin of more than 50%. Through the landslide victory, Ro Khanna has secured his third consecutive victory from the 17th Congressional district of California. In total, ten Indian Americans had run for US Congress this year of which seven are Democrats and three are Republicans. 

Of these ten, four had won the elections -Raja Krishnamoorthi, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, and Ami Bera and four others had lost while the rest two are still in the race. Apart from the House of Representatives, two Indian-Americans are also running for the Senate - Democrat Sara Gideon from the US State of Maine and Republican Rik Mehta from New Jersey. 

The Indian-American community has been one of the key deciders of the 2020 US Presidential elections where both the Democratic and Republican candidates were keenly expecting the votes of the Indian community, who make up approximately 1.8 million members. Indians are key players in the swing and battleground states like Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.