Ankit Jain

Ankit Jain is an American voting rights attorney who is the United States shadow senator from the District of Columbia. Elected in 2024, he previously worked as an attorney and served as a member on the Ward 2 Advisory Neighborhood Commission.^[1] Jain is the first Asian and Indian-American District-wide elected official in D.C. history.^[2]

Ankit Jain
United States Shadow Senator from the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2025 Serving with Paul Strauss
Preceded by	Mike Brown
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Chicago (BA) Columbia University (JD)

Early life and education

Jain grew up in Fairfax County, Virginia, to parents who immigrated from India. He graduated from James Madison High School and obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 2015 before getting a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 2019.^[3] He worked as an Attorney for the Sierra Club and organized March for Our Lives events while in college.^[3][4]

Legal career

Jain worked as an attorney for the Sierra Club for four years, working as one of the lead negotiators in securing a settlement that committed the federal government to spending over $1 billion rectifying environmental harm caused by Trump's border wall.

Jain is currently a voting rights attorney supporting the organization FairVote.

Personal life

Jain is a resident of Ward 2 in the District of Columbia.