Aruna Miller

Aruna Miller
Official portrait, 2023
10th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Assumed office
January 18, 2023
GovernorWes Moore
Preceded byBoyd Rutherford
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 15th district
In office
December 1, 2010 – January 9, 2019
Appointed byMartin O'Malley
Preceded byCraig L. Rice
Succeeded byLily Qi
Personal details
Born
Aruna Katragadda

(1964-11-06) November 6, 1964 (age 59)
Hyderabad, India
CitizenshipIndia (1964–2000)
United States (2000–present)
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
David Miller
(m. 1990)
Children3
EducationMissouri University of Science and Technology (BS)
Signature
WebsiteCampaign website

Aruna Miller (née Katragadda; born November 6, 1964) is an American civil engineer and politician who is serving as the 10th lieutenant governor of Maryland since 2023. Miller, a Democrat, is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Legislative District 15 in Montgomery County.[1] Miller ran for Congress in 2018 to represent Maryland's 6th congressional district, and lost the Democratic primary to David Trone.[2]

In December 2021, Wes Moore chose Miller as his running mate in the Democratic primary of the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election.[3] They won the Democratic nomination on July 19, 2022, and defeated Republican nominee Dan Cox and his running mate Gordana Schifanelli on November 8, 2022. Miller is the first South Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States,[4] as well as the first Asian American lieutenant governor and first immigrant to hold statewide office in Maryland, and the second female lieutenant governor after Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.[5]

  1. ^ "House of Delegates". Maryland Manual. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
  2. ^ "Maryland's 6th Congressional District election (June 26, 2018 Democratic primary)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Kurtz, Josh (December 9, 2021). "Wes Moore Picks Ex-Delegate Aruna Miller to Be His Running Mate". Maryland Matters. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Kaur, Brahmjot (November 9, 2022). "Aruna Miller makes history as first South Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in U.S." NBC News. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Barriers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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