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, who hails from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, acknowledged that many people had helped him win the race. He was the first non-Caucasian to be nominated by the Republican Party in DuPage County and the first Indian American to win on that party's ticket in the county.

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

DuPage, within which York Township falls, is a predominantly Republican county and historically the four trustees have been Republicans. Trustees are responsible for the township's expenditures, for levying property taxes, and running seniors programmes, among other responsibilities.

"We are the new face of the 21st century and we can make it known by working together and making new pragmatic alliances."

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