:Ankit Jain
{{Short description|American attorney and politician}}
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|office = United States Shadow Senator
from the District of Columbia
|alongside = Paul Strauss
|term_start = January 3, 2025
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|predecessor = Mike Brown
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|party = Democratic
|education = University of Chicago (BA)
Columbia University (JD)
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Ankit Jain is an American voting rights attorney who is the United States shadow senator from the District of Columbia. Elected in 2024, he previously worked as an attorney and served as a member on the Ward 2 Advisory Neighborhood Commission.{{Cite news |date=2024-06-04 |title=Washington, D.C. shadow senator primary election results 2024 live updates |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/2024/06/04/washington-dc-shadow-senator-primary/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}} Jain is the first Asian and Indian-American elected official in D.C. history.{{Cite web |title=Ankit Jain wins Democratic nomination for D.C. Shadow Senator |url=https://www.newindiaabroad.com/news/ankit-jain-wins-democratic-nomination-for-dc-shadow-senator |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=New India Abroad |language=en}}
Early life and education
Jain grew up in Fairfax County, Virginia, to parents who immigrated from India. He graduated from James Madison High School and obtained a bachelor's degree the University of Chicago in 2015 before getting a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 2019.{{Cite web |title=Ankit Jain |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Ankit_Jain |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} He worked as an Attorney for the Sierra Club and organized March for Our Lives events while in college.{{Cite web |title=Endorsement: Ankit Jain |url=https://www.newpolitics.org/ankit-jain |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=New Politics |language=en-US}}
Legal career
Jain worked as an attorney for the Sierra Club for four years, working as one of the lead negotiators in securing a settlement that committed the federal government to spending over $1 billion rectifying environmental harm caused by Trump's border wall.
Jain is currently a voting rights attorney supporting the organization FairVote.
Personal life
Jain is a resident of Ward 2 in the District of Columbia.
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Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:United States shadow senators from the District of Columbia
Category:Washington, D.C., Democrats