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Last update - 08:40 12/03/2008 Andre Carson becomes second Muslim elected to U.S. Congress By Reuters Tags: U.S. congress, Muslim Indiana voters on Tuesday elected a Muslim to the U.S. Congress, only the second of that faith chosen in U.S. history. Andre Carson, grandson of the late Democrat Rep. Julia Carson, was elected to serve the balance of her term in the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election. She died in December 2007, after serving 11 years in the heavily Democratic district. Advertisement The younger Carson, 33, a member of the Indianapolis City Council who converted to Islam about a decade ago, will serve out the remainder of his grandmother's term through calendar 2008. He beat Republican Jon Elrod and a third party candidate with 52 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Elrod. The first and only other Muslim member of the U.S. Congress is Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, also a Democrat, who is in his first term. Carson will face a strong challenge against other contenders in a May primary which will determine who runs in November for the next full two-year term in the district which covers most of the city of Indianapolis. His Democratic opponents then are expected to be two state legislators -- Carolene Mays, an Indianapolis newspaper publisher, and David Orentlicher, a lawyer and doctor who is a professor of law and medical ethics at Indiana University School of Law and Indiana University Medical Center. Carson's faith had not been an issue in the special election. Related articles: Obama snags black vote in Mississippi, beating out Clinton Obama tells Jewish leaders: I have never been a Muslim Bookmark to del.icio.us   Banning Beijing boycott Israel's Olympic panel warns against mixing sports and politics. 20,000 strong Study released by Israeli think tank shows Hamas' military buildup in Gaza has peaked.   1.   I TAKE THIS AS A SIGN FOR OTHER THING 09:19  |  indrajaya 12/03/08   2.   Indrajaya - Nothing to do with the Presidential 10:14  |  Mark of Lewiston 12/03/08   3.   # 2, MARK OF LEWISTON 11:14  |  indrajaya 12/03/08   4.   2nd muslim to be elected to office 21:01  |  Shalonne 10/04/08

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