Muslim American Officials Directory

California State Senator and daughter of Afghan refugees, running for the U.S. House of Representatives in CA-14.

Muslim mayor of Irvine, California.

Elected in 2024 to represent California's 12th Congressional District; one of the four Muslim Americans currently serving in Congress alongside Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and André Carson.

First Muslim elected to the Colorado General Assembly.

Running for Georgia House District 106; carried over from a 2025 cycle runoff.

First Muslim woman and first South Asian American elected to the Georgia State Senate.

Current Georgia State House member and first Muslim woman of Palestinian heritage elected to that body; facing a competitive primary field including former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

First Muslim woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. Serves House District 97.

First Muslim elected to the Georgia State Senate.

Currently serves on the Skokie Board of Education in Cook County; her campaign is gaining traction in a district that hasn't previously elected a candidate like her.

First Guatemalan-American and first Latine Muslim elected to Congress. Serves Illinois's 3rd Congressional District.

Journalist and media critic running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois.

Second Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress. Serves Indiana's 7th Congressional District.

One of the first Muslims elected to the Maine State Legislature.

Former Mayor of South Portland and one of the first Muslims elected to the Maine Legislature.

One of the first Muslims elected to the Maine State Legislature.

Mayor of College Park, Maryland.

Physician and academic of Egyptian descent; if elected would be the first Arab-American Muslim in the U.S. Senate. Led the Democratic primary field with 34% in polling as of June 2026.

Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, home to one of the largest Arab-American communities in the U.S.

Member of the Hamtramck City Council.

Member of the Dearborn Heights City Council.

Member of the Dearborn City Council.

Mayor of Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

Member of the Dearborn City Council.

Member of the Hamtramck City Council.

First Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress. Serves Michigan's 12th Congressional District.

Member of the Hamtramck City Council.

Member of the Minneapolis City Council representing Ward 10.

Member of the Minneapolis City Council representing Ward 12.

First Somali-American and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress. Serves Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.

Member of the Minneapolis City Council representing Ward 6.

First Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress. Now serves as Minnesota's Attorney General.

Egyptian American physician who launched his campaign after medical missions to Gaza; outraised his Democratic primary competitors mainly through grassroots funding.

Member of the New Jersey General Assembly representing District 35.

Member of the South Brunswick Board of Education.

Member of the Piscataway Board of Education.

Member of the Paterson City Council representing Ward 6.

Long-serving Muslim mayor in New Jersey.

First Muslim woman to serve as mayor of a U.S. municipality. Former mayor of Montgomery Township, NJ.

Mayor of East Orange, New Jersey.

Palestinian American community organizer running for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Member of the New York City Council representing District 39.

Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 11th Judicial District.

Member of the New York City Council representing District 9. Member of the Exonerated Five.

Mayor of New York City.

Member of the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners.

First Muslim woman elected to public office in North Carolina.

Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court in Ohio.

Member of the Westerville School Board.

Member of the North Olmsted Board of Education.

First Muslim man elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.

Member of the Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education.

Member of the Grove City Council.

First Muslim woman and first Somali American elected to the Ohio House.

Member of the Hilliard City Council.

First non-binary and first Muslim state legislator in Oklahoma. Serves Senate District 44.

Member of the Northampton County Council.

Sheriff of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

First Black woman from Pennsylvania elected to Congress. Serves Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District.

First Muslim elected to public office in Tennessee.

Member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing District 27.

First Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in U.S. history.

Member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing District 38.

Member of the Port of Seattle Commission.

Member of the SeaTac City Council.

Member of the Bellevue City Council.

Member of the Bothell City Council.

First Muslim and first African immigrant elected to the Wisconsin Legislature.