DETROIT (AP) -- The Michigan Legislature's only Muslim member has announced the state's votes to nominate Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination to another term as president.
State Rep. Rashida Tlaib (rah-SHEE'-dah tah-LEEB') of Detroit took the microphone Thursday morning at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Tlaib tells The Detroit News that "it was unbelievable to be standing up there as the child of immigrants to be able to nominate the president of the United States."
Tlaib is running for a third term in the Legislature. The mother of two is one of 14 children of Palestinian immigrants and the first in her family to finish high school.
The Michigan Legislature's first known Muslim member was ex-state Rep. James Karoub, who served three terms in the 1960s.
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