Nirav Sheth

Sheth was born and raised in India, according to his campaign website, and came to the United States in 2008 as a student of computer and electrical engineering; he says English is his fourth language. PTI described him as having been born and raised in Ahmedabad.[2][7] He earned an associate degree from the Government Polytechnic State Institute of Gujarat in India in 2006, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2011 to 2014, where his campaign website says he was an aircraft mechanic and military police officer.[1][2][7]

Ballotpedia lists Sheth's career experience as including work as an electrical engineer, in computer science, as an aircraft mechanic, as an automotive service advisor, and in property management. He describes himself there as having been a homeless college student and as having assisted the liaison for U.S. Border Patrol intelligence.[1] According to his campaign website, Sheth became a police officer in Lakewood, Washington, in 2017. PTI described him as a former police officer turned businessman.[2][7] He describes himself as a legal immigrant who worked his way from being homeless into becoming a small business owner in Pierce County; Ballotpedia says he owns several small businesses.[2][1]

Sheth ran as a Republican in the 2024 top-two primary for Washington's 10th Congressional District, receiving 11.7% of the vote and not advancing to the general election.[1] He advanced from the August 4, 2026 top-two primary in the 7th District, finishing second with 10.6% of the vote behind Pramila Jayapal, and faced her in November.[1][7] He said he was running on public safety, infrastructure, small-business support and local control of education.[1][2] He received 12.2% of the vote to Pramila Jayapal's 87.4%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[3]