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Ashwin Ramaswami, aged 24, the first Gen Z Indian-American running for a US State legislature, has raised over $ 280,000, which is considered to be a substantial figure at the state level. His opponent Shawn Still has raised only $ 6,400. Ramaswami is running for state Senate in the District 48 of Georgia.
According to the latest public campaign finance report, Ramaswami has raised a total of over USD 280,000 and has USD 208,000 cash on hand, his campaign said.
“Our latest reports are further evidence that our community values honesty and integrity in our leadership above all,” said Ramaswami, a second-generation Indian-American who has built a career in software engineering, election security, and technology law and policy research. He has more than seven years of experience working to build tech startups; have worked in the federal government on cybersecurity for three years; and currently runs a consulting company around software architecture, technology law and policy.
“We’ve built a grassroots campaign with unprecedented momentum to ensure we elect a leader who will serve our communities first and foremost: funding our schools, supporting our small businesses, preparing us for the technology of the future, and protecting the right to vote,” he said.
“Experience matters significantly, and it’s clear that Shawn Still has the wrong kind of experience,” he said.
The young Indian-American’s campaign has also been endorsed by Congresswoman Lucy McBath of Georgia’s seventh Congressional district.
A native of Georgia, Ramaswami has worked with nonprofits, startups, and small businesses to use technology for public interest and create jobs. As a civil servant, he worked at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on cybersecurity and election security, working with state and local election offices to secure the 2020 and 2022 elections. Ashwin also worked as a legal fellow in the Georgia Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.
