Minnesota, Michigan send first Muslim to US Congress * Ilhan Omar campaigned on policies embraced by Democratic Party's most liberal wing * Rashida Tlaib became Muslim woman elected to Michigan Legislature in 2008 …
-One of Muslim women elected to Congress, Ilhan Omar, 35, will now assume Minnesota seat held by Keith Ellison, Democratic National Committee Chair, Attorney General. ..…
First Muslim members of Congress There are two women who won seats to become Muslim members of Congress - Rashida Tlaib Michigan and Ilhan Omar Minnesota. Omar will also be the member of Congress to wear hijab or head scarf. ..…
First Muslim members of Congress There are two women who won seats to become Muslim members of Congress - Rashida Tlaib Michigan and Ilhan Omar Minnesota. Omar will also be the member of Congress to wear hijab or head scarf. ..…
Omar won the race for Minnesota's 5th congressional district seat against Republican Jennifer Zielinski to become one of Muslim women elected to Congress. ... And of the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress, one is Minnesota Ilhan Omar, Somali and..…
No profile of Tlaib fails to note that she will become the first Muslim American woman in Congress (along with Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar if she wins, as she is likely to do), and the first Palestinian American woman. ..…
On their way to Congress: Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib (left) of Michigan, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. ..…
(Reuters) - Voters in Minnesota and Michigan on Tuesday elected the first two Muslim women to serve in the U.S. Congress, a former refugee who fled Somalia’s civil war and a Detroit-born Palestinian-American. . . . ..…
o being among the pair of firsts, Omar will also be the member of Congress to wear headscarf, Somali American US legislator, and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota Congress.. Keith Ellison of Minnesota and André Carson of Indiana were Muslims elected to..…
She will replace Keith Ellison, the deputy chair of Democratic National Committee, who vacated his 5th district seat to run for Minnesota attorney general.. Ellison had been Muslim- American elected to Congress.. teaser on this story misidentified Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib will..…
She and Somali-American Ilhan Omar of Minnesota will be first two female Muslim members of Congress. . 3:35 p.m. . ..…
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