Samakab Hussein came to the United States from Somalia when he was 14.
11 Facts About Samakab Hussein
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In 2015, Samakab Hussein unsuccessfully challenged Ward 1 Saint Paul city councilor Dai Thao.
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Thao challenged many of Samakab Hussein's delegates, saying that they lived in Minneapolis, not Saint Paul.
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In 2016, Samakab Hussein was a delegate for Hillary Clinton in Minnesota's delegation to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
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Samakab Hussein supported former city council member and BMO Harris Bank senior vice president Pat Harris's 2017 Saint Paul mayoral campaign.
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Samakab Hussein was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2022.
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Samakab Hussein first ran after redistricting and after six-term DFL incumbent Rena Moran announced she would run for Ramsey County Commissioner.
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Samakab Hussein is the first Somali-American to represent St Paul in the Minnesota Legislature.
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Samakab Hussein is vice chair of the Legacy Finance Committee and serves on the Capital Investment, Housing Finance and Policy, and Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Committees.
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Samakab Hussein supported legislation that would have guaranteed rideshare drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft wage increases, employment protections and better insurance coverage.
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Samakab Hussein joined a group of four Muslim legislators who condemned a Star Tribune editorial cartoon they called racist and Islamophobic.