Moin Moon Khan, an Indian American computer specialist who once set up a Bihar cultural association, has won the race for trustee of York Township in Illinois.

Khan came to the U.S. in 1986 from Muzaffarpur in Bihar. He was the first non-Caucasian to be a Republican Party nominee in DuPage County, and the first Indian American to win on that party’s county ticket.

“My passion is politics and interacting with people,” Khan said. “My election will provide political voice to one-fourth of the residents of York Township, who speak about two dozen languages and practice a dozen religions, yet they are not represented.”

Khan, president of the American Muslims for Peaceful Co-existence, is recognized in the Muslim American and Asian American communities for his moderate and patriotic views.