Jacpher Posted March 12, 2008 March 12, 2008 Muslim candidate wins congressional seat Posted: 07:30 AM ET (CNN) — Indiana voters elected the second Muslim congressman in U.S. history Tuesday. Andre Carson, the grandson of the late U.S. Rep. Julia Carson and a Muslim convert, was elected in a special election, with 54 percent of the popular vote to Republican opponent Jon Elrod's 44 percent. Julia Carson represented Indiana's 7th district for 10 years. Her grandson, a member of the Indianapolis City Council since August, will serve out the remainder of her term. In a primary in May, he will seek to be the Democratic nominee for a full two-year term. In Carson's victory speech Tuesday, he said one of his biggest concerns was bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq. The first and only other Muslim member of the U.S. Congress is first-term Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison. –CNN's Emily Sherman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Biixi Posted March 12, 2008 LOL @ Emily Sherman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LayZie G. Posted March 12, 2008 ^what's so funny about Emily sherman? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Biixi Posted March 12, 2008 My 8th grade Geography teacher's name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gar-haye Posted March 12, 2008 ^^^ i didn't know this guy was a muslim.it is kind strange, you think you would've herd it on the conservatives radio waves. i wonder if he is going to be sworn in on the quran? that is sort of litmus test. wish him the best of luck in the next election. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
