{"id":18871,"date":"2026-11-03T08:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=18871"},"modified":"2026-11-03T08:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:56:43","slug":"pakistani-americans-among-candidates-in-us-state-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=18871","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani-Americans among candidates in US state elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistani-Americans are contesting elections in several US states ahead of the midterm elections on November 3, 2026, with some seeking re-election to their state legislatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to available election lists, Maryam Khan and Saud Anwar are contesting seats in the Connecticut State Senate. In Texas, Salman Bhojani and Suleman Lalani are seeking re-election to the State House of Representatives from Districts 92 and 76, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farooq Mughal is contesting a state legislative seat in Georgia, while Tariq Khan is running in Pennsylvania. Hanadi Nadeem is also seeking a seat in the Nevada State Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2026-11-02\/689429_6248701_updates.jpeg\" alt=\"File photos of Imtiaz Mohammad and Hanadi Nadeem, who are contesting US state elections. \u2014imtiazforflorida.com\/hanadinadeem.com\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.75;width:700px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">File photos of Imtiaz Mohammad and Hanadi Nadeem, who are contesting US state elections. \u2014imtiazforflorida.com\/hanadinadeem.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Florida, Imtiaz Mohammad is standing as a Republican candidate. Several other Muslim American candidates are also contesting elections in various states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the Pakistani-American candidates are running for seats in state legislatures or state senates. These are state-level elections and should not be confused with contests for the US Congress, which comprises the federal House of Representatives and the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani-Americans are contesting elections in several US states ahead of the midterm elections on November 3, 2026, with some seeking re-election to their state legislatures&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8.png",800,927,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8-259x300.png",259,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8-768x890.png",768,890,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8.png",800,927,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8.png",800,927,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8.png",800,927,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18873,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18871\/revisions\/18873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}