Madinah Wilson-Anton wins election, to become Delaware's first Muslim legislator

WILMINGTON, Delaware (WPVI) -- History will be made when Delaware swears in its newly-elected assembly.

Democrat Madinah Wilson-Anton became the first practicing Muslim elected to the general assembly, winning 71 percent of the vote.
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She's also the first Muslim woman elected to office in Delaware's history.

"There is a stereotype that women that cover, that are Muslim are oppressed, are quiet, aren't free to be themselves, and I don't know how anybody can look at a 27-year-old Black woman who covers and ran for office and won as somebody who's oppressed and doesn't speak her mind," she said.


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Come January, Wilson-Anton hopes to work on education funding reform.

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