皮娅·丹迪亚将在2026年11月3日的中期选举中与共和党提名人凯西·阿斯卡对决，角逐佛罗里达州第22国会选区席位。两人都在竞选一个空缺席位，此前民主党人洛伊丝·弗兰克尔选择转战第23选区。丹迪亚于8月18日赢得民主党初选，目前专注于降低住房、财产保险、医疗保健和儿童保育的成本。她还将教育作为竞选的核心内容之一。
Pia Dandiya faces Republican nominee Casey Askar in the 2026 midterm elections on November 3, as she contests for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District. Both are running for an open seat after Democrat Lois Frankel opted to run for the 23rd District. Dandiya won the Democratic primary on August 18 and is focusing on reducing the cost of housing, property insurance, healthcare and childcare. She's also made education an integral part of her campaign.
丹迪亚和阿斯卡此前均未担任过公职。如果当选，丹迪亚将成为首位代表佛罗里达州进入美国国会的南亚裔美国人。皮娅·丹迪亚在参议员比尔·纳尔逊的华盛顿办公室工作时踏入政坛。她后来于2020至2021年担任白宫研究员，任职于国内政策委员会和美国教育部。她还曾被任命为伊利诺伊州州长JB·普利兹克设立的P-20委员会成员，该委员会专注于协调全州教育体系。
Neither Dandiya nor Askar has held a public office before. If elected, Dandiya would become the first South Asian American to represent Florida in the US Congress. Pia Dandiya stepped into politics when she started working in Senator Bill Nelson’s Washington office. She later served as a White House Fellow at the Domestic Policy Council and the US Department of Education in 2020-2021. She was also appointed to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s P-20 Council, which focuses on coordination across the state’s education system.
2025年，丹迪亚宣布竞选佛罗里达州第21国会选区席位，但后来转向第22选区。皮娅·丹迪亚的早年经历皮娅·丹迪亚在佛罗里达州棕榈滩县出生并长大，父母是来自拉贾斯坦邦斋浦尔的印度移民。她的父亲罗希特·丹迪亚医生是一名内科医生，母亲创办了一所蒙台梭利学校。丹迪亚在哈佛大学获得政府学文学学士学位，并通过与“为美国而教”相关的项目在波士顿大学获得教育硕士学位。
In 2025, Dandiya entered the race for Florida’s 21st Congressional District but later shifted to the 22nd District. Pia Dandiya's early yearsPia Dandiya was born and raised in Palm Beach County, Florida, to Indian immigrant parents who lived in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Her father, Dr. Rohit Dandiya, is a physician while her mother founded a Montessori school. Dandiya earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Harvard University and a Master of Education from Boston University through a program associated with Teach for America.
本科期间，她利用暑假在新德里为儿童教授英语。丹迪亚与从事生物技术行业的丈夫纳夫尼特·阿拉格及他们的儿子萨希布居住在佛罗里达州棕榈滩花园。
During her undergraduate years, she spent summers teaching English to children in New Delhi. Dandiya lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with her husband Navneet Alag, who works in the biotechnology sector, and their son Sahib.
她曾公开表示，儿子是她决定参选的原因之一，因为她希望帮助为下一代建设更美好的未来。印度裔美国人皮娅·丹迪亚在佛罗里达州民主党初选获胜后的第一反应：“这是我的梦想……”关键政策与竞选优先事项丹迪亚将生活负担能力作为其竞选的核心议题，重点关注南佛罗里达州的住房和房产保险成本。她建议将棕榈滩县和布劳沃德县的闲置办公楼改造成面向年轻专业人士、退伍军人和老年居民的住房。
She has publicly stated that her son is one of the reasons why she decided to run for elections, as she wants to help build a better future for the next generation. Indian American Pia Dandiya’s first reaction after Democratic primary win in Florida; ‘It is my dream…’Key policies and campaign prioritiesDandiya has made affordability the central issue of her campaign, focusing on South Florida’s housing and property insurance costs. She has suggested converting the vacant office buildings in Palm Beach and Broward counties into housing for young professionals, veterans and older residents.
她还提到，有些人仅仅因为负担不起工作地点附近的住房而不得不长途通勤，并表示“我们不能继续维持这种现实”。此外，医疗保健在她的竞选中占据核心位置。她呼吁保护医疗补助计划（Medicaid）和联邦医疗保险（Medicare），并维护社会保障。她持续倡导扩大《平价医疗法案》（ACA）。除医疗保健外，丹迪亚还承诺支持普及学前班、为公立学校提供充足资金以及更好地支持教师。
She also referred to people that have to commute long distances just because they cannot afford to live near their workplace, saying “we cannot be continuing in this reality”.Additionally, healthcare has taken a center stage in her election campaign. She called to protect Medicaid and Medicare and safeguard social security. She continues to advocate the expansion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Apart from healthcare, Dandiya has pledged to support universal pre-kindergarten, fully funded public schools and better support for teachers.
她的竞选团队还提议推翻最高法院的“联合公民”（Citizens United）裁决，该裁决扩大了对独立政治支出的宪法保护。她的目标是减少富有的捐赠者和企业对民选官员的影响，使政府对普通选民更加负责。丹迪亚在经济政策和移民问题上的立场丹迪亚将降低生活成本作为其竞选的核心内容，提议创造更多高薪工作岗位，同时让住房、儿童保育和保险更加负担得起。她还承诺扩大职业培训和学徒机会，以帮助年轻人为劳动力市场的变化做好准备。
Her campaign also proposed overturning the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” ruling, which expanded constitutional protections for independent political spending. Her aim is to reduce the influence of wealthy donors and corporations over elected officials and make the government more accountable to ordinary voters. Dandiya's position on economic policies and immigrationDandiya has made lowering the cost of living a central part of her campaign, with proposals to create more high paying jobs, along with making housing, childcare and insurance more affordable. She has also pledged to expand job training and apprenticeship opportunities in order to help young people prepare for changes in the labor market.
她积极批评特朗普政府的关税政策，认为关税推高了食品杂货、家庭用品和其他日常必需品的成本。丹迪亚承诺，如果当选，将终止“非法且代价高昂的关税”。作为印度移民的女儿，她在竞选网站上表示，“你是谁、你来自哪里，绝不应限制你能走多远”。在提及自己追求“美国梦”的愿望时，她不断主张“让美国梦对更多人触手可及”。
She has actively criticized the Trump administration’s tariffs, arguing that tariffs increase the cost of groceries, household goods and other everyday essentials. If elected, Dandiya has pledged to end “illegal and costly tariffs”.As a daughter of Indian immigrants herself, she says on her campaign website, “who you are and where you come from should never limit how far you can go”. While referencing her own desire to pursue the “American Dream”, she constantly advocates to “make that American Dream more within reach for others”.On artificial intelligence and Iran conflictDandiya has called for greater regulation of artificial intelligence, raising concerns about its potential ill effects on privacy, physical health and energy costs.
关于人工智能与伊朗冲突，丹迪亚呼吁对人工智能加强监管，并对该技术可能给隐私、身体健康和能源成本带来的不良影响表示担忧。在接受《那不勒斯每日新闻》采访时，她说：“最让我夜不能寐的一件事，就是我们没有任何人工智能监管。”她也承认人工智能的潜在益处，包括更便捷的健康筛查和个性化的学生学习。
In an interview with the Naples Daily News, she said, “the number one thing that keeps me up at night is that we have no AI regulation.”She also acknowledged AI’s potential benefits, including more accessible health screenings and personalized student learning.
但她仍质疑，随着技术不断进步，人类是否还能保持控制权。根据民主党国会竞选委员会（DCCC）发布的新闻稿，丹迪亚批评了阿斯卡对关税和伊朗战争的支持。由于这场冲突与美国人不断上升的成本直接相关，她将降低生活成本作为竞选的关键内容。2026年美国中期选举：民主社会主义者发起运动，呼吁对以色列实施武器禁运。
However, she continues to question whether humans would remain in control as the technology advances or not. According to a press release by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), Dandiya has criticized Askar’s support for tariffs and the Iran war. As the conflict is directly linked to the rising costs for Americans, she has made reducing the cost of living a key part of her campaign.US midterm elections 2026: Democratic Socialists launch campaign calling for Israel arms embargoControversies and disputesIn 2026, Dandiya faced criticism over her financial investments in companies linked to data centers.
争议与纠纷。2026年，丹迪亚因对与数据中心有关联公司的金融投资而受到批评。她的对手质疑，她为何一边批评数据中心扩张，一边又持有与之相关的投资。他们还继续审视她在苹果公司的工作经历，认为她作为企业员工的背景与她自称的前教师形象不符。
Her opponents questioned why she criticized data center expansion while holding investments that were connected to it. They continued to scrutinize her work at Apple, arguing that her background as a corporate employee didn’t match the image of a former teacher that she claimed to be.
然而，丹迪亚仍表示，她在苹果公司的工作涉及改善教育、医疗和政府服务领域的技术。她还因反对总统唐纳德·特朗普的税收和支出法案（即《一项大而美的法案》）而受到批评。2026年9月，名为“绝不回头”的政治行动委员会发起了一场运动，指责她反对为中产阶级家庭减税，并支持增税。丹迪亚反对该法案，并主张政府应要求富裕美国人缴纳更多税款，以资助公共服务。
However, Dandiya continues to state that her work at Apple involved improving technology in education, healthcare and government services. She was also subjected to criticism due to her opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In September 2026, the No Going Back political action committee launched a campaign accusing her of opposing tax cuts for middle-class families and supporting higher taxes. Dandiya opposed the legislation and has argued that the government should ask wealthy Americans to pay more taxes in order to fund public services.
她的竞选网站称，保护这些项目最公平的方式是要求“最富有的美国人缴纳他们应缴的份额”。她的对手则认为，这意味着家庭将面临更高的税收。净资产及其他据《佛罗里达政治》报道，截至2026年，皮娅·丹迪亚的净资产约为1270万美元。据报道，她住在南佛罗里达州一栋价值约450万美元的房子里。
Her campaign website states that the fairest way to protect these programs is to ask “the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share”. Her opponents argued that this means higher taxes for families. Net worth and moreAccording to a report by Florida Politics, Pia Dandiya’s net worth is approximately $12.7 million as of 2026. She reportedly lives in a house worth around $4.5 million in South Florida. -By Tanisha Sharma