America
Two Indian-Americans on Republican diversity project leadership
Washington, June 18
Ahead of the 2015-2016
election cycle, the Republican Party has included two Indian-Americans
state legislators on a project to recruit, train, and elect Republican
candidates from diverse communities on the state level.
Niraj
Antani and Janak Joshi, State Representatives in Ohio and Colorado
Houses respectively, are part of the leadership team of Republican State
Leadership Committee's (RSLC) Future Majority Project (FMP).
Headed
by former Oklahoma Speaker of the House and Republican National
Committee member T.W. Shannon the project seeks to get elected
Republican candidates "who better represent the full diversity of
America."
In 2013-2014, FMP recruited hundreds of new candidates
and elected 43 new leaders to office. This cycle, FMP aims to recruit
250 new, diverse candidates and see 50 of those candidates appointed or
elected to office, the party said.
"As someone who has served in
the trenches of state government, I understand the importance of
recruiting the right candidates with the right message in every district
and state across the country," said Shannon.
The 2015-2016
Future Majority Project also plans to spend at least $7 million on women
and diverse candidates (women through RSLC's Right Women, Right Now
initiative) and expanding role and number of FMP "Diversity in Business"
roundtables in target states.