Joshua David Shapiro is an American lawyer and politician who is the 48th governor of Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2023 and was on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners from 2012 to 2017.
R. Tracy Seyfert is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 5th District from 1997 through her resignation in 2000.
Vanessa Lowery Brown is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 190th District. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus. In 2018 she was convicted on seven charges related to a bribery case,six of which were felonies. She was sentenced to 23 months probation for her crimes. In 2023,Brown became employed in the office of the Philadelphia Register of Wills.
The 190th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Southeast Pennsylvania and is currently represented by G. Roni Green.
Margo Lomax Davidson is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 164th Legislative District from 2011 until her resignation on July 22,2021 due to criminal charges. The district included parts of Upper Darby Township,and the boroughs of East Lansdowne and Millbourne.
Madeleine Dean Cunnane is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. The district includes almost all of Montgomery County,a suburban county north of Philadelphia,as well as a northeastern portion of Berks County. Before being elected to Congress,Dean was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly,representing the 153rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Patty H. Kim is an American politician. A Democrat,she is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 103rd district,serving since 2013. She previously served on the Harrisburg,Pennsylvania City Council.
American Muslims often face Islamophobia and racialization due to stereotypes and generalizations ascribed to them. Due to this,Islamophobia is both a product of and a contributor to the United States' racial ideology,which is founded on socially constructed categories of profiled features,or how people seem.
Dawn Wetzel Keefer is an American politician who represented the 92nd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Republican Party,she is the current state senator-elect from the 31st district.
Allegations of Islamophobia in the UK Conservative Party have been made,including against senior politicians,such as Boris Johnson,Michael Gove and Zac Goldsmith. Baroness Warsi,former co-chair of the Conservative Party,said in 2018 that anti-Muslim prejudice had "poisoned" the party. Many Muslim party members welcomed Warsi's comments,saying that they felt the issue had been marginalised within the party.
Stephanie Paige Borowicz is an American politician currently serving as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 76th district since 2019.
Kendra Nicole Brooks is an American politician and activist. Brooks,a member of the Working Families Party (WFP),won a citywide at-large seat in the election to Philadelphia City Council on November 5,2019. The Council has seven at-large seats that go to the highest overall vote-getters with two seats reserved for a minority party. Brooks's initial 2019 election was the first time a third party candidate won the minority party seat since its inception in 1919,through the creation of the modern Philadelphia City Council. Brooks won reelection to Philadelphia City Council in 2023.
The 2020 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives was held on November 3,2020,with all districts being decided. The term of office for those that were elected in 2020 began when the House of Representatives convened in January 2021. Pennsylvania State Representatives were elected for two-year terms,with all 203 seats up for election every two years. The election was coincided with the 2020 United States presidential election,United States House of Representatives elections,and one-half of the State Senate.
The Pennsylvania Auditor General election of 2020 took place on November 3,2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28,2020. However,following concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic the primaries were delayed until June 2,2020. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution incumbent Democratic Auditor General Eugene DePasquale was ineligible to seek a third consecutive term.
Madinah Wilson-Anton is an American politician serving in the Delaware House of Representatives for district 26 as a Democrat. She is the first practicing Muslim elected to the Delaware General Assembly. She defeated incumbent John Viola in the Democratic primary and later won the general election for the seat in 2020.
The 2019 Pennsylvania elections was held on November 5,2019 to fill judicial positions on the Superior Court,allow judicial retention votes,and fill numerous county,local and municipal offices,the most prominent being the Mayor of Philadelphia.
Amen R. Brown is an American politician. He is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 10th District since 2023. Brown previously represented the 190th District from 2021 to 2022 before redistricting moved him to the 10th District.
Maryam Khan is a Pakistan-born American politician who has been a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since winning a special election to the 5th House District of Windsor and Hartford in 2022. She is the first Muslim elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives and the second elected to the Connecticut General Assembly after State Senator Saud Anwar.
Gwendolyn Veronica Green is an American politician. She is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 190th District since 2023 and previously in 2020.
