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Nikil Saval

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American writer, editor, journalist, organizer, and Democratic politician serving since 2021 in the Pennsylvania State Senate, and author of the nonfiction book Cubed.

Biography

Nikil Saval is an American writer, editor, journalist, organizer, and politician who has served since 2021 as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from the 1st district. He represents most of South Philadelphia, all of Center City, much of the Riverwards, and parts of Southwest Philadelphia. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he is the first Asian American elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate.

Within the State Senate he serves as Chair of the Philadelphia Delegation and as the Democratic Chair of the Urban Affairs & Housing Committee. Saval is also the author of Cubed (2014), a nonfiction study of office life and the history of white‑collar work.

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Books by Nikil Saval