Hyderabad -origin man wins North Carolina senate race

HYDERABAD: An Indian American with family roots in Hyderabad has won his election in the North Carolina Senate in the US.
Mujtaba A Mohammed, won for the third time from Mecklenburg County's 38th district to represent it in the North Carolina Senate. The results were announced on November 10.

Mujtaba's parents Aziz Hassan Javed and Qamar Mohammad who lived at Mallepally in Hyderabad immigrated to the US in the 1980s. Ashfaq Hussain Syed, a relative of Mujtaba who also immigrated to the US from Hyderabad and lives in Naperville, Chicago in Illinois told STOI that he knew Mujtaba from his childhood.
"We are happy about his win," Ashfaq Hussain Syed said. Both the families will meet next month and that could be a family celebration. Mujtaba's grandfather used to work in the Police Commissioner's office at Purani Havili in Hyderabad. They had met last December too as a family.
The 37-year-old Mujtaba and his wife Saba have three children, Ayub (7), Hamza (5), and Amara (1). The last time Mujtaba visited Hyderabad was in 1997. "Your support allowed me to work in a bipartisan fashion towards more investments in education, historic passage of Medicaid expansion in the Senate, grant support for small businesses impacted by the COVID, and we led the fight for countless justice reform measures," the Democrat candidate said after his victory.
Mujtaba was born in the US and has been a longtime Charlette resident. "He was born to two hardworking immigrant parents from India and raised under modest means," his bio reads.
During his campaign, Mujtaba described himself as one whose life mission is to giving priority to the most vulnerable in the community. Mujtaba has been a tireless advocate for children and families, acquiring an intimate understanding of the challenges that everyday families encounter through his work as a former staff attorney and child advocate at the Council for Children's Rights, and a fighter for indigent people as an Assistant Public Defender in Charlotte.
He is a product of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the North Carolina Central University School of Law and attended the school due to what he describes as "it's rich history of empowering communities of color, and it's commitment to truth and service".