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If someone had told Nadia Mohamed when she was a child that she would one day become mayor, she would have said, “You are lying.”

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — A suburban Minnesota city became what is believed to be the first in the U.S. to elect a Somali American mayor when 27-year-old Nadia

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The city of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, made history on Election Day, becoming the first city in the United States to elect a Somali American as mayor. The winning candidate, 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed, has spent the last four years on the St. Louis Park City Council, and will now lead the city while also breaking… Continue reading Nadia Mohamed Is The First Somali American Elected As Mayor In US History

Nadia Mohamed was voted in as the next mayor of St. Louis Park, Minn., a Minneapolis suburb that is country's first to elect a Somali American.

Deqa Dhalac of South Portland, Maine, was the first Somali American to serve as mayor of an American city, but she […] The post Minnesota town is believed to be the first to elect a Somali American as mayor appeared first on TheGrio.

Nadia Mohamed won with 58 percent of the vote, defeating retired banker Dale A. Anderson, who got 41 of the vote.

Nadia Mohamed, 27, won with 58% of the vote in Tuesday’s municipal election, defeating Dale Anderson, who got 41% of the vote. She has served on the City Council since she was elected at age 23 in 2019.

Voters in the Minnesota city of St. Louis Park elected Nadia Mohamed, a 27-year-old Somali-American, as the city’s first Black, first Somali, and first Muslim mayor Tuesday night.

St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has elected Nadia Mohamed, 27, as its next mayor.Mohamed is believed to be the first elected Somali-American mayor in U.S. history.Maine state Rep. Deqa Dhalac, a former mayor of South Portland, was the first Somali-American to serve as a city's mayor, though she was installed by councilmembers and not directly elected