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Abhiram Garapati to run for Congress from Texas
Garapati, born in Nuzvid, a town in Andhra Pradesh, India, immigrated to the United States in 1997 at the age of 22.
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Rwittika Chakraborty
- Fri, 30, Jan 2026
- 03:13 EST
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Indian-American businessman and rancher Abhiram Garapati. / garapatifortexas.com/
Indian-American businessman and rancher Abhiram Garapati is vying for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, running as a Republican candidate in Texas’s 31st Congressional District ahead of the Mar. 3 primary elections in Texas.
He is among 10 Republican candidatescontesting the District 31 seat, which is currently represented by Republican John Carter, who is also seeking reelection.
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Garapati, born in Nuzvid, a town in Andhra Pradesh, India, immigrated to the United States in 1997 at the age of 22 with only $500 to his name.
He became a U.S. citizen in 2010 and has since built a reputation as a self-made entrepreneur and rancher known for his embrace of Texan culture, frequently seen in a cowboy hat and working on his hay and livestock operations, according to his biography on Ballotpedia.org.
Garapati is a graduate in Electronics and Communications Engineering with advanced investment coursework completed at Stanford University.
Since his arrival in 1997, Garapati claims that he has founded and led multiple businesses and currently serves as the President of Ant Savings, a commercial real estate investment firm he established in 2004.
Headquartered in Central Texas, Ant Savings has reportedly grown into a “multimillion-dollar enterprise.” The company’s portfolio spans office buildings, hospitals, restaurants, and retail centers across multiple states.
This is not Garapati’s first political run, as he previously represented the 31st Congressional District of Texas as a delegate to the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He has tried multiple times to win the GOP’s favor and ran in the Republican primaries for U.S. Congress in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
With Garapati receiving attention for completely financing his campaign on his own, Federal Election data (fec.gov) for the period Jul. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2025, shows total receipts by him to his campaign of $55,000, with zero contributions from individuals and committees, in line with his stated commitment.
Of his amount, Garapati spent $16,000 on operating expenditures, and his cash on hand by the end of 2025 was $39,000.
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