More Muslims running [and winning]in US elections
More Muslims ran for office in the midterms than at any time since
the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, according to Jetpac, a group
dedicated to increasing Muslim involvement in U.S. politics. Jetpac
estimates that 128 Muslims ran in the 2018 election at all levels of
government from very local (precinct captains) to national (U.S.
senators).Of these, 16 lost in primary races, leaving seven to compete in the
general election. Four of them won, notably Michigan Democrat Socialist Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar
of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. They will become the
first Muslim women in the U.S. Congress. In addition, Indiana
Congressman André Carson was re-elected and former Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison won his bid for state attorney general
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