23 Facts About Saqib Ali

Saqib Ali is a former State Delegate in the Maryland House of Delegates, having been elected in 2006 to represent the 39th District.

Saqib Ali was born on 21 January 1975 in Chicago, Illinois.

Saqib Ali is Muslim and credits his parents, who are of Indian and Pakistani descent, as the reason he became involved in politics.

Saqib Ali went on to receive Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science.

In September 2005, Saqib Ali co-organized "The 2nd annual Montgomery County Muslim-Jewish Day of Friendship".

In 2005, Saqib Ali was a campaign supporter of Jun Choi, the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Edison, New Jersey, which Choi won.

Saqib Ali then spoke to the older man and the older man went back inside.

Saqib Ali placed one of his campaign yard signs next to Truett and took a picture.

Saqib Ali followed him and got pictures of his license plate.

Saqib Ali later posted pictures of Truett, Truett's birth date and address on his campaign web site.

On September 10,2006, Saqib Ali was endorsed by The Washington Post which one county political veteran ranked as only behind that of the Democratic Party for its influence on local voters.

King won 28 percent of the vote, Barkley fetched 27 percent, Saqib Ali came in with 25 percent and Stern took 18 percent, according to unofficial results.

Delegate Saqib Ali joined US Representative Keith Ellison, US Rep.

Saqib Ali officially took office on January 10,2006, among 33 other first-time delegates.

In 2010, Ali challenged incumbent Maryland Senator Nancy J King to represent the same 39th district.

Saqib Ali began a campaign for his old seat in the House of Delegates for the 2014 election but ultimately decided to drop out of the race.

Saqib Ali is the co-founder of Freedom2Boycott in Maryland, an organization of Palestinian solidarity activists who opposes anti-BDS laws that they believe infringe on their constitutional right to boycott Israel and Israeli settlements.

Saqib Ali subsequently sued the state as he thought the order infringed on his constitutional rights.

Saqib Ali lost the suit as the court upheld the Executive Order.

Saqib Ali has been married since 1999 to his wife Susan whom he met when they were working at a computer networking firm.

Saqib Ali is employed as a Senior Software Engineer by The Mitre Corporation in McLean, Virginia.

Saqib Ali is the only engineer among the 188 legislators in the Maryland General Assembly.

In October 2021, Saqib Ali applied to fill a vacancy in the House of Delegates created by the resignation of Kathleen Dumais.