a majority tend to identify as moderates and have voted for democrats in recent elections. polls before the 2004 presidential election showed indian americans favoring democratic candidate john kerry over republican george w. bush by a 53% to 14% margin, with 30% undecided at the time. the republican party has tried to target this community for political support, and in 2007, republican congressman bobby jindal became the first united states governor of indian descent when he was elected governor of louisiana. nikki haley, also of indian descent and a fellow republican, became governor of south carolina in 2010. republican neel kashkari is also of indian descent and ran for governor of california in 2014. raja krishnamoorthi who is a lawyer, engineer and community leader from schaumburg, illinois is seeking the democratic nomination in illinois's 8th congressional district for the united states house of representatives. jenifer rajkumar is a lower manhattan district leader and candidate for the new york state assembly. if elected, she will be the first indian american woman elected to the state legislature in new york history. in 2016, kamala harris (the daughter of a tamil indian american mother, dr. shyamala gopalan harris, and a jamaican american father, donald harris) became the first indian-american and second african american female to serve in the united states senate. the indian american community have been significant in promoting the us-india relations. the indian american lobbying groups have played a significant role in turning the frosty attitude of the american legislators to a positive perception about india in the post-cold war era.