Larry Shaw (politician)
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Larry Shaw is a USA Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-first Senate district, including constituents in Cumberland County. A corporate executive from Fayetteville, North Carolina, Shaw is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in his fifth term in the state Senate. Previously, he served one term in the state House. Shaw was the highest-ranking Muslim elected official in the United States until the election of Keith Ellison to represent Minnesota's 5th congressional district.[1] Larry Shaw joins U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, State Del. Saqib Ali (D-MD), and State Rep. Saghir "Saggy" Tahir (R-New Hampshire) as the only elected Muslim officials in the United States of America as of 2006. [2]
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- ^ According to Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as cited in Alan Cooperman, "Muslim Candidate Plays Defense," Washington Post, September 11, 2006, page A03.[1]
- ^ Abdus Sattar Ghazali (11/16/2006). American Muslims in 2006 elections. Al-Jazeerah. Retrieved on Dec. 11, 2006
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