Indian American loses primaries for Senate

An Indian American real estate broker has lost his race to win the Democratic nomination for the US Senate from Georgia.

An Indian American real estate broker has lost by a vast margin his race to win the Democratic nomination for the US Senate from Georgia.

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Govind Patel of Atlanta was one in a crowded field of eight Democrats and six Republicans vying to get their respective party nominations to compete in November and fill the open seat vacated by former senator Zell Miller.

Patel received only two percent of the vote in a Democratic primary that will see a runoff between former judge Denise Majette and businessman Cliff Oxford, both of whom got the most votes but could not make the 51 percent required to win the nomination.

Patel was the only candidate from either party born outside the US.

He came to this country in 1971. Currently, he heads MGR International Realty in Lilburn, Georgia and his platform rested on three issues that he made into a campaign slogan - immigration, outsourcing, and unemployment.

He took the position that illegal immigration must be stopped and that the influx of uneducated immigrants worked against national security. He also stood against outsourcing.

He has a masters degree in electronics and has lived in Lilburn since 1986 with his wife Madhu.