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 …
We can try to combine the concepts of Islamic state with the principles of socialist state, advocating equality and economic and democratization. ..…
For its detractors, the law has downgraded non- Jews living Israel to second-class citizenship, the obvious -- that Israel is the nation-state of Jewish people, much like France is the nation-state of French, and Spain of Spanish, while still retaining Israel's democratic values... We must draw..…
-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. ..…
They'll include Native American and Muslim women elected to House of Representatives.. Kristi Noem, Janet Mills, and Republican, Democrat, will be the first female governors of South Dakota and Maine, respectively.. ..…
In elections for Congress, legislatures alike, the number of women who ran outstripped previous years, as did the number of women nominated.. ..…
Rashida Tlaib from Michigan, the other Muslim-American woman set to make history, has already had a political tussle over Israel since winning her Democratic primary for Congress. ..…
The former state representative also ran on a liberal platform, backing Medicare for All, immigration reform and a call to overturn Trump’s executive order banning most people from five Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States. . Both women ran in heavily Democratic..…
With some races still undecided, Democrats appeared headed to gain of more than 30 seats, well beyond the 23 they needed to claim their first in House in eight years.. ..…
She was also the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan state legislative. She was promoted to Democratic Chair of the House Appropriations Committee after serving three terms in the legislature. ..…
Oklahoma Republican Tom Cotton will be ousted as the youngest Senator by Josh Hawley, who defeated incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in the Missouri Senate race. ... The first two muslim women in Congress will be Midwestern Democrats, Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar of..…
Democrat Ilhan Omar, Somali refugee, will become one of Muslim women to serve in the United States Congress after defeating Republican Jennifer Zielinski on Tuesday.. ... The other, Democrat Rashida Tlaib, easily won race for Michigan's 13th District on Tuesday in. ..…
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