Texas: Pakistani Muslim Immigrant Elected to the Euless City Council
May 11, 2018 / creeping
On Saturday, Salman Bhojani was elected to the Euless City Council, triumphing over a conservative state lawmaker’s ugly campaign attacks on his religion and immigrant background. Bhojani, who will be the city’s first minority council member, defeated his opponent Molly Maddux by a margin of 37 votes.
Bhojani, a lawyer who moved to the U.S. from Pakistan 18 years ago, has portrayed his win as a victory for diversity and acceptance. In a city with 55,000 residents, about 50 percent are people of color, which should be reflected on the council, he says. But both during and after the campaign, Bhojani has tried to focus on nonpartisan local issues. Bhojani spent the last four years on the city’s parks and recreation board, and ran unsuccessfully for a council seat two years ago.
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