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Iowa voters elect first-ever Arab American state representative

Iowa voters elect first-ever Arab American state representative

  • Democrat Sami Scheetz, 26, defeated his Republican rival by a 30-point margin to become one of the youngest members of the state legislature
  • ‘I feel amazing and grateful because this is the community I grew up in and where my family live; I feel honored to represent them,’ he told Arab News
By ALI YOUNES ·