Hyderabad-origin Nabeela Syed wins Illinois state Senate seat in US midterms

Hyderabad-origin Nabeela Syed, 27, has won an Illinois state Senate seat in the US midterm elections.
Syed flipped the Republican-held 26th district from Darby Hills after two terms in the state House.
Ami Bera, Pia Dandiya, Suhas Subramanyam and Aruna Miller also won as Indian-American Democrats.
Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor in the US, winning Georgia.

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