A 40-year-old Indian-American economic development professional has declared his candidacy for the US Senate from Louisiana.
Abhay Patel, from New Orleans, is one of the six Republicans to have entered into this race the seat of which has been vacated by Senator David Vitter who announced in 2015 that he would not seek re-election for the seat.
Currently, the Vice President of business development for the New Orleans Business Alliance, Patel is a former Wall Street investment banker who at one time raised in excess of $30 billion for transactions like Hertz' acquisition of Dollar Thrifty.
"I'm not a career politician. I'm a businessman who learned about hard work and sacrifice by watching my immigrant parents," Patel said on Wednesday June 15,2016 while announcing his candidature.
"Over my career, I've advised some of our nation's most important companies, led economic development and promoted the overall growth of our local, state and national economy," he said making his case to the people of Louisiana.
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