Muslims running for public office. Really awsome!!!!!!

[tericared]

 

2006 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

AMERICAN MUSLIM CANDIDATES

PARTIAL LIST

FEDERAL OFFICES

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1) Keith Ellison (Democratic candidate for Congress, District 5 in Minnesota, currently represents House District 58B in Minnesota State Legislature)

 

2) Ahmad Hassan (Republican candidate for Congress, District 18 in Texas)

 

3) Amir Omar (was a Republican candidate for Congress, District 30 in Dallas County, Texas, lost Republican Primary)

STATEWIDE OFFICES

STATE SENATE

1) Larry Shaw (Democrat, state senator, North Carolina)

 

2) Yaphett El-Amin (Democratic candidate for 4th District Missouri State Senate, currently represents part of St. Louis City - District 57 in the Missouri House of Representatives, State Assembly Missouri)

 

3) Samiyah Diaz (Republican candidate for 2nd Suffolk District Massachusetts State Senate)

STATE ASSEMBLY

1) Jamilah Nasheed (Democrat, candidate for state representative - 60th District, St. Louis, Missouri)

 

2) Talibdin El-Amin (Democrat, candidate for state representative - 57th District, St. Louis, Missouri)

 

3) Rodney Hubbard (Democrat, state representative - 58th District, St. Louis, Missouri, running for re-election)

 

4) Aasim Baheyadeen (candidate for Missouri House of Representatives, District 37)

 

5) Saghir "Saggy" Tahir (Republican, state representative - 9th District - Manchester Ward 2, New Hampshire)

 

6) Yusuf Salaam (Democrat, state representative – 67th District - Dallas, Alabama)***

 

7) Hakim Aquil (Democratic candidate for the 59th District - Florida)

 

8) Ferial Masry (Democratic candidate for the 37th District, California)

 

9) Zahid Ali Syed (was Democratic candidate for the New York State Assembly – 17th District in Feb. 2006, obtained 33% vote and raise d$ 75,000 in 3 weeks, 1st Muslim to run for NY state assembly)

 

10) Morshed Alam (candidate for state assembly - 25th District, Queens, New York, election in November, 2nd Muslim to run for NY state assembly)

 

11) Faisel Gill (candidate for House of Delegates, State House in 51st District, Virginia, running next year and has not announced candidacy yet)

 

12) Judge David A. Shaeed (Marion County, Marion Superior Court, Indiana)

COUNTY

1) Farheen Hakeem (running for the Hennepin County Board - County Commissioner District 4 with the backing of the Green Party, 2005 Minneapolis mayoral candidate)

 

2) Nasim Ansari, (Republican County Commissioner, Kalamazoo County Commission District 9, Michigan)

CITY

1) Dr. Mohammed Ali Chaudhry (mayor of Baskin Ridge / Bernard Township, New Jersey)

 

2) Mohamed T. Kahirullah (mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, served two terms on Prospect Park Borough Council)

 

3) Wayne Smith (mayor of Township of Irvington, New Jersey)

 

4) Abdul Waheed (ran for city council but lost, Township of Teaneck, New Jersey)

 

5) Aslon Goow Sr. (city council member, Second Ward, Patterson, New Jersey)

 

6) Abdul "Al" Haidous (mayor of Wayne, Michigan)

 

7) Hassan Fahmy (city council member, Prospect Park Borough Council, New Jersey)

 

8) Shahab Ahmed (city council member, Hamtramck, Michigan)

 

9) Abdul Algazali (city council member, Hamtramck, Michigan)

 

10) Abdul Akbar (city council member, Clarkston, Georgia)

 

11) Nuquan Mohamed (city council member, New York)

PARTY DELEGATES / PRECINCT MEMBERS

1) Saqib Ali (Democratic Party Nomination for Delegate from Maryland's 39th Legislative District)

 

2) Mushtaque Mirza (executive board member of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee)

 

3) Erum Malik (Maryland delegate, raised funds for Howard County Democrats for years, serves on the Equity Board for the Howard County School Board)

 

4) Arif Khan (currently serves as chair

[amjaysmom]

Jun. 24, 2008 at 10:42 PM Good post Tericared!  Thanks for enlightening us!

[dolphin_whisper]

Jun. 25, 2008 at 12:22 AM GREAT NEWS !! a lot are running in missouri .. maybe i need to move there .. THANKS!!!

[Chaiteame]

Jun. 26, 2008 at 1:36 AM

Great post!!

[truthrowan]

Jun. 27, 2008 at 9:23 PM Awesome! All Americans should be represented equally. Hope they do well in the elections, if they are level headed and care more about the job than themselves.