Candidate for U.S. Senate Shadow Member - District of Columbia in 2024 District of Columbia General Election.
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Get StartedAchieving statehood for D.C. Will be Ankit’s #1 priority as Shadow Senator, and Ankit has a plan to make it happen. Learn more
Ankit will work across the aisle with Republicans to get them to see the injustice and racism of denying over 700,000 Americans, a majority of whom are people of color and a plurality of whom are Black, the right to vote. Learn more
Ankit will work with people across D.C. To try to build a consensus on changes that should be made to the D.C. Constitution during that Convention to ensure that minority communities (such as the Latino and LGBTQ communities) are able to elect representatives of their choice, while ensuring majority communities maintain their fair share of representation. Learn more
Ankit will work as hard as he can to protect all local D.C. Laws from being overturned by Congress and to prevent Congress from passing federal laws dictating local policy to the city, no matter his personal opinion on the issues. Learn more
Ankit will use his platform as Shadow Senator to push Congress to pass common-sense federal gun laws that will reduce crime more than any other step the government can take. Learn more
Ankit will work with the D.C. Government to remove the congressionally-imposed Height Act so that the Council can impose a height limit that is informed by the perspectives of D.C. Residents. Learn more
He will also work to secure federal funding for important local priorities, such as annual operating expenses for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Association (WMATA) to address WMATA’s fiscal cliff, and funding to build either the Blue Line Loop or Silver Line Express. Learn more
Ankit will work to eliminate the congressional budget prohibitions on providing local funding for abortions for low-income women and for legalizing marijuana. Learn more
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