Democrats Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ilhan Omar in Minnesota both won their races for House seats on Tuesday, becoming the first Muslim women ever elected to Congress. 🙏🏾 — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 7, 2018Tlaib, 42, and Omar, 37, were part of a record number of Muslim candidates who ran in 2018, and anunprecedented number of women ― specifically women of color ― who were nominated. Bloomberg via Getty Images Ilhan Omar. Tlaib also became the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress on Tuesday. The Detroit-born mother of two first made history in 2008 as the first Muslim woman in the Michigan legislature.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2018 03:01 UTC