Democrat Ghazala Hashmi won the Virginia lieutenant governor’s race, becoming the nation’s first Muslim woman elected to statewide office. Hashmi will defeat Republican John Reid, a former ...

Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi on Tuesday became the first Muslim American woman elected to statewide office in the U.S. with her victory in the lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects. Her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Ghazala Hashmi, the first Muslim to serve in Virginia's Senate, wins Democratic nomination for lieutenant ...

(RNS) — While Zohran Mamdani’s ascent to New York City’s mayoral seat marked a historic turning point for the city and its more than a million Muslims, in Virginia, Ghazala Hashmi, a Democrat who was ...

Inside the strip-mall gurdwara in the D.C. suburbs, Ghazala F. Hashmi snaked through the winding line of people sitting cross-legged in this Sikh house of worship. The state delegate leading her ...

Voters elected Ghazala Hashmi as Virginia’s next lieutenant governor. She’ll be the first Muslim woman to hold statewide office in the commonwealth. Hashmi delivered her victory speech before ...

RICHMOND, VA — In a defining moment for Virginia and for American politics, Ghazala Hashmi has been elected as the next Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, making history as the first Muslim woman, first ...