, six Muslims have been elected to the United States Congress, the first being Keith Ellison in 2006. As of the 119th Congress, five Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives; all are members of the Democratic Party.
Senate
No Muslim has ever served in the United States Senate. To date, there have been two Muslim major party nominees in U.S. Senate races: Mehmet Oz, who was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania in 2022, and Abdul El-Sayed, who is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Michigan in 2026.
House of Representatives
In addition to the representatives below, former representative Hansen Clarke (D-MI-13) of Michigan was raised in a Muslim family but converted to Catholicism. Current representatives Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) of Arizona, who identifies as religiously unaffiliated, and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03) of Arizona, who identifies as agnostic, were raised in Muslim families. Darializa Avila Chevalier (D), a convert to Islam, is the presumptive representative-elect for New York's 13th congressional district. Adam Hamawy (D) is the presumptive representative-elect for New Jersey's 12th congressional district.
Representative Party District Term Notes Start End service Democratic MN-05 First Muslim in Congress. Converted to Islam in 1982. Retired to run successfully for Minnesota Attorney General. Democratic IN-07 Incumbent Raised Baptist, converted to Islam as a teenager. Democratic MN-05 Incumbent One of the first two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995. Democratic MI-13,MI-12 Incumbent One of the first two Muslim women in Congress. Born to a Muslim family of Palestinian immigrants. Democratic CA-12 Incumbent First Muslim elected to Congress from outside of the Midwestern United States. Democratic CA-14 Incumbent Born in Queens, New York to a Muslim family of Afghan refugees. Following the death of her parents, she was adopted by an Afghan American couple in Fremont, California.
See also List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress List of Hindu members of the United States Congress List of Jewish members of the United States Congress List of Mormon members of the United States Congress List of Quaker members of the United States Congress List of Arab and Middle Eastern Americans in the United States Congress
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