Junaid Ahmed Concedes in IL-8 Democratic Primary, Vows Movement Will Continue

Junaid Ahmed Concedes in IL-8 Democratic Primary, Vows Movement Will Continue

SCHAUMBURG, IL – In response to the results in the the IL-8 Congressional Democratic primary, Junaid Ahmed released the following statement: “Tonight’s result is not what we hoped for, but I could not be more proud of the movement we built together. From the beginning, this campaign stood up to the powerful interests that too often dominate our politics and together we built a grassroots coalition of volunteers, organizers, workers, students, an…

Junaid Ahmed, candidate for US House from Illinois’ 8th District outpeforms other Indian Americans in Democratic primary

Banner photo on campaign site of Junaid Ahmed. Indian Americans made a valiant effort to keep Illinois’ Congressional District 8 in the hands of the community in the March 17 Democratic primary. They did not succeed. They were trying to replace long time incumbent Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who gave up the seat to make a bid for the US Senate. He lost in that primary to Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. There were 3 Indian American candidates out of 8 D…