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| Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 02:54 pm 152 Muslim Americans, Mostly AMA Members, Elected to Local and State Offices **Posted by ISGR AMA State Chair Saghir Tahir Elected to State Assembly AMA New Jersey Activist Hassan Fahmy Elected To City Council State Senator Larry Shaw and Judge David Shakoor Re-Elected (Fremont, California, 11/12/2000) About 700 Muslim Americans ran for various local, state and federal offices in this year's elections. Of these at least 152, most of whom are members of the American Muslim Alliance, were elected to local and state offices. These individuals were elected as members of precinct committees, delegates to Democratic and Republican party conventions, city councils, state assemblies, state senates, and judgeships. Ninety-two of these were elected from Texas Mr. Saghir Tahir, President of AMA New Hampshire, was elected to the State Assembly from the 38 District. (See Profile on www.amaweb.org) Mr. Larry Shaw, the highest-ranking elected Muslim in America, was re-elected unopposed in North Carolina. Judge David Shakoor was also re-elected to his judicial post. AMA New Jersey Activist Hassan Fahmy was elected to Prospect Park City Council. (See Profile on www.amaweb.org) Muslim Vote: American Muslim voter turn out exceeded the national average and, at least, 40% of the Muslims who voted in this year's presidential election did so for the first time. As estimated through AMA's post-election telephone survey, more than 80% of the Muslim Americans cast their votes for George W. Bush. About 10% voted for Ralph Nader. Of the 100,000 Muslims in Florida, about 60,000 are eligible voters, at least half of whom live in I - 4 Corridor, the least committed group of voters in the entire state. In an exclusive exit poll of Florida Muslims, 91% of those polled indicated that they had voted for Geroge W. Bush. The Muslim vote, however, was issue oriented and not party oriented. Muslim Americans voted for both Democrats and Republicans. While they enthusiastically supported Republican Senatorial candidate Tom Campbell in California, they almost entirely voted against Republican Senatorial candidate Rick Lazio in New York for making racist remarks against Muslim organizations. While the Muslim vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was characterized by several reservations and a strong sense of disillusionment over her opportunistic behavior, the vote for Democratic candidates like David Bonior in Michigan, Maxine Waters in California, Jon Corzine in New Jersey, and Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich in Ohio reflected strong sentiments of support for these candidates. Source: http://www.amaweb.org
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