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André D. Carson (born October 16, 1974) is the Democratic U.S. Representative for Indiana's 7th congressional district. He began his political career by serving on the Indianapolis City-County Council and in the Indiana Department of Homeland Security at the Intelligence Fusion Center, supervising an anti-terrorism unit. A Indianapolis native who graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in 1992. He earned his masters degree from Indiana Wesleyan University, majoring in business management. He was a marketing specialist for Cripe Architects + Engineers. He is also a Democratic Party committeeperson in Center Township of Marion County, Indiana.
Carson, who describes himself as "an Orthodox, universal, secular Muslim," is the second Muslim to serve in the U.S. Congress, after Keith Ellison, and the first from Indiana. He is also the grandson of former Indiana Representative, Julia Carson.
