Krishnamoorthi loses bid for post of State Comptroller

Indian-American Raja Krishnamoorthi has lost in his bid for the post of State Comptroller in the Illinois Primary elections 2010.

Krishnamoorthi,former policy adviser to President Barack Obama,conceded defeat to state Representative David Miller in the closely-fought February 2 elections.

Krishnamoorthi was vying to become the Democratic nominee for State Comptroller in the General Elections to be held in November this year.

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While the former deputy state treasurer got 383,672 votes,Miller won with a total of 392,000 votes in an election that saw Krishnamoorthi taking a lead over Miller several times as the vote count came in.

“This is not the outcome we had hoped for and we all wish last night and today would have included a victory celebration. Indeed,we came within a whisker of winning,” Krishnamoorthi said.

He said while he did not finish first in the polls,”we did shape the debate on what the office of Comptroller should be – the taxpayers’ watchdog”.

Krishnamoorthi congratulated Miller on becoming the Democratic nominee.

“We can have a government that conducts itself openly and is accountable to you. We did not get there with this election,but we pushed the ball forward and will get there someday,” Krishnamoorthi said.