Houston (TIP)

ASPIRE PAC, the political arm of Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress, voted to endorse and support Indian American candidate Sri Kulkarni in his campaign for Texas’ 22^nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“Sri has served his country and community with dedication and distinction throughout his life, and ASPIRE is thrilled to endorse his campaign to represent Texas,” said Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY), Chair of ASPIRE. “Sri knows what’s at stake in protecting American families, and he will fight to protect access to healthcare and safe schools for our children in Congress.”

Srinivas Rao Preston Kulkarni is a former diplomat and a candidate for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in Texas’s 22nd congressional district in 2020. In 2018, he narrowly lost a Congressional race in the same district to incumbent Congressman Pete Olson.

Sri received a Pearson Fellowship to serve as a defense, foreign policy, and veterans’ affairs advisor in the U.S. Senate, working on some of the most critical threats facing our national security. Sri went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard, where he started an initiative called “Breaking Bread,” aimed at reducing the partisan hostility and divisiveness afflicting our country.

Inspired by a calling to serve his country, Sri was commissioned as a United States Foreign Service Officer by Secretary of State Colin Powell. In the Foreign Service, Sri served tours overseas in Iraq, Israel, Russia, Taiwan, and Jamaica, promoting American values.

ASPIRE PAC was established to work for fair representation in the U.S. Congress by supporting and increasing the number of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) policymakers and federal candidates with large AAPI constituencies. The PAC works to support the values and address the issues important to the AAPI community.