Noman Sabit : 6 Bangladeshi origin candidates are fighting again in the US election on November 5. No new candidate has been reported. The elected representatives who are already in the various legislative assemblies of the state are now standing for re-election. Georgia State Senator Sheikh M. Rahman is in the strongest position among them. Senator Nabila Islam elected from another district in the same state, Connecticut State Senator Masudur Rahman, Virginia State Senator Saddam Salim and New Hampshire State Representative Abul B Khan. Apart from this, there are some Bangladeshi-Americans in other states including Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey at county and other levels.
Councilman elected from New Jersey Plains Borough Township. Nuran Nabi has been in this position for 14 consecutive years since 2007. If he wins this time, it will be his fifth term. His township has a mayor and 5 councilmen. He is in charge of cultural and heritage affairs as a councilman.
Sheikh Rahman of Georgia is running for re-election from Senate District 5, Nabila Islam is running for re-election from Senate District 7 of the same state, Masudur Rahman is running for re-election from Senate District 4 in Connecticut, and Salim Saddam is running for re-election from State Senate District 37 in Virginia. They are all Democrats. However, Abul Bashar Khan, who is running for re-election in the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in Rockingham District 20, is a Republican. Another candidate Dr. Nuran Nabi is a Democrat candidate.
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