First Muslim in the US Congress. (Thank a Democrat)

 

Keith Ellison was the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress.

Election: Elected on November 7, 2006. 

Service: Represented Minnesota's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019. 

Party: Democratic Party. 

Swearing-In: He took his ceremonial oath on a historic English translation of the Qur'an that once belonged to President Thomas Jefferson.

Later Career: He left the House in 2019 to serve as the Attorney General of Minnesota, becoming the first Muslim elected to statewide office in the U.S. 

 Minnesota now belongs to the Muslims thanks to the Democrat Party.