Farhan Ahsan

Farhan Ahsan (born November 20, 1987) is an American politician and attorney serving the senior United States senator from Virginia since April 20th, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States senator from North Dakota from March 1st to March 11th, 2021, United States senator from Montana from February 19th to February 24th, 2021, Governor of New York from December 29, 2020, to January 12, 2021, Attorney General from December 7 to December 21, 2020, United States House Democratic Leader from October 23 to November 28, 2020, and a U.S. Representative from New York on and off from September 10, 2020, to February 26, 2021.

Born in Queens, New York, Ahsan graduated from Colombia University and New York University, earning a Juris Doctor degree. He was an intern for a New York City councilman until receiving his degree. He was elected to represent New York's 14th Congressional District before switching to represent the 6th Congressional District. He was elected by the Democratic House Caucus to serve as their leader, resigning after 2 months. Ahsan was nominated by President John Little to serve as Attorney General, exiting office once the new administration arrived. After serving as Attorney General, Ahsan was elected to serve as Governor of New York. He later moved to Montana, served as Senator before resigning and moving back to New York, which he became the representative of New York's 6th Congressional District again. He moved to North Dakota afterwards, and served as Senator for one term, initially planning to fight for re-election, however he withdrew hours before his projected loss.

On April 20, 2021, Ahsan announced his bid for Senator of Virginia. His opponent, incumbent Johannes F. Kaiser, dropped out of the election, allowing for Ahsan to win unopposed. Ahsan became the senior Senator from Virginia after his colleague, Tim Kaine, was primary sniped. This resulted in Kaine not being able to run in the general election, which later caused Ahsan to become the longest consecutive serving senator from Virginia.