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Bushra Amiwala is a Pakistani-American college student, at DePaul University, and as of April 2019 she is the youngest Muslim elected official in the United States. Amiwala was a Democratic candidate for the Cook County Board of Commissioners in the 2018 Illinois Primary Election. She lost to the then 16-year incumbent Larry Suffredin in the Democratic primary election on March 20, 2018. Suffredin then encouraged Amiwala to run for public office shortly after when she announced her candidacy for D73.5 Board of Education, and was elected in April 2019. Amiwala also became the first Muslim person elected to the board of education seat in her district. In February 2020, Bushra Amiwala was awarded the Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC) award for exemplary community service and youth ex

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  • Bushra Amiwala is a Pakistani-American college student, at DePaul University, and as of April 2019 she is the youngest Muslim elected official in the United States. Amiwala was a Democratic candidate for the Cook County Board of Commissioners in the 2018 Illinois Primary Election. She lost to the then 16-year incumbent Larry Suffredin in the Democratic primary election on March 20, 2018. Suffredin then encouraged Amiwala to run for public office shortly after when she announced her candidacy for D73.5 Board of Education, and was elected in April 2019. Amiwala also became the first Muslim person elected to the board of education seat in her district. In February 2020, Bushra Amiwala was awarded the Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC) award for exemplary community service and youth excellence. (en)
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  • Bushra Amiwala is a Pakistani-American college student, at DePaul University, and as of April 2019 she is the youngest Muslim elected official in the United States. Amiwala was a Democratic candidate for the Cook County Board of Commissioners in the 2018 Illinois Primary Election. She lost to the then 16-year incumbent Larry Suffredin in the Democratic primary election on March 20, 2018. Suffredin then encouraged Amiwala to run for public office shortly after when she announced her candidacy for D73.5 Board of Education, and was elected in April 2019. Amiwala also became the first Muslim person elected to the board of education seat in her district. In February 2020, Bushra Amiwala was awarded the Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC) award for exemplary community service and youth ex (en)
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