American elections; Record successful candidates of other Muslim countries including Pakistan

 Washington: A total of 83 Muslim candidates won the mid-term elections in the United States.

According to the World News Agency, 150 Muslim candidates were in the field this time in the mid-term elections in the United States, including 51 Muslim candidates for the legislative assembly of 23 states.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations and Jetpac, an NGO, claim that out of 150 Muslim candidates, 83 won, with 45 running for legislatures and the rest for local governments.

In this election, for the first time in American history, a Muslim candidate is likely to be elected as a senator. The honor of being the first Muslim senator of the United States can be Dr. Mehmet Oz of Turkish origin who is also a well-known TV anchor.

The parents of 21-year-old Alisha Khan, who was elected to the board of education in New Brunswick, New Jersey, moved from Karachi to America. Alisha Khan, who completed high school only three years ago, is the youngest to be elected to the state legislative assembly.

Similarly, Salman Bhojani and Sulaiman Lalani of Pakistani origin also contested on the tickets of the ruling party in Texas in the US mid-term elections.

Sheikh Rehman is no longer the only Muslim in the Georgia state legislature, as two Muslim women, Nabila Islam and Rua Roman, won Republican seats.

Andre Carson, a Muslim Democrat from a constituency in the state of Indiana, made history by being elected to Congress for a record seventh time.

Rashida Talib from Michigan and Ilhan Omar from Minnesota were also elected for the third time. Similarly, among those re-elected are Delaware State Representative Medina Wilson-Anton, Colorado State Representative Iman Joda and Colorado State Senator Saud Anwar of Pakistani origin.

So is Keith Ellison, the first Muslim congressman to be re-elected as Minnesota's attorney general this year.