Nabeela Syed and Abdelnasser Rashid just became the first Muslims to be elected to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.
Nabeela Syed recounted a story of a friend who told her before the election that he never thought he would see a name like hers on hundreds of yard signs in their community.Nabeela Syed recounted a story of a friend who told her before the election that he never thought he would see a name like hers on hundreds of yard signs in their community.LIVE ELECTION RESULTS HERE
The 23-year-old Palatine native became the first Indian American woman and first Muslim, along with Abdelnasser Rashid, to be elected to serve in the Illinois General Assembly. Rashid, who plans to move from the southwest suburbs to Bridgeview, is also the first Palestinian-American to be elected to the legislature.Rashid and Syed believe they won the support of voters by engaging with them on key issues.
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