American Muslims won statehouses, city halls, county seats and school boards on Nov. 3, adding to the federal races SMF covered in its Congress results roundup.

Two Muslim women — Sana Siddiqui in Raleigh and Samira Khan in Alamance County — win local seats in North Carolina’s Nov. 3 elections, with CAIR-NC noting historic firsts.

Muslim American candidates competed across about 23 states in the 2026 midterms. Early results show congressional firsts and victories in state and local elections.

After the Nov. 3 midterms, SMF News reviews every Muslim candidate for U.S. House and Senate this cycle — winners, losses and races still being counted — and what the broader slate says about Muslim civic life in America.

As midterm polls open Nov. 3, CAIR urges eligible Muslim voters to make a plan, points to Muslims.Vote and know-your-rights guides, and launches an Election Day exit poll.

On the eve of the Nov. 3 midterms, Muslim leaders are urging their communities to vote while tightening mosque security, after MPAC rated the threat of attacks against Muslims Elevated and voters in several states reported intimidation.

Hennepin County prosecutors charged James O’Keefe and Cam Higby with identity theft and unlawful voting after they visited Minneapolis polling places in burqas during the Aug. 11 primary. CAIR-Minnesota welcomed the charges.

An Islamic nonprofit has bought a former bank in Norton, Virginia, for a community center with a prayer space, while Bernalillo County, New Mexico, upheld approval of a new Albuquerque mosque despite local opposition.

Maine election officials are reviewing complaints that voters, including visibly Muslim residents, were filmed, followed and harassed at Lewiston City Hall during early voting. CAIR has asked the state to investigate.

An elected member of Waterford, Connecticut’s Representative Town Meeting resigned Oct. 22 after calling Muslims “a cancer to this country” on Facebook. CAIR-Connecticut welcomed her apology and called for accountability and engagement.

A 52-year-old man has been charged with second-degree arson and related counts after a fire at a mosque in East Baltimore. Investigators believe it was deliberately set; no hate-crime charge has been announced, and motive remains unknown.

A Long Island Muslim group is suing Islip over a ruling that blocked boarding at its planned school, and a Marlboro, N.J., congregation with no mosque in town is suing after its plan was denied.

Maryland's first memorial dedicated to a Muslim American, organizers say, honors Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. It was unveiled Oct. 14 outside the Busch Annapolis Library with a time capsule sealed until 2076.

The Islamic Center of Lake Norman in Mooresville, N.C., has faced anti-Muslim rhetoric and anonymous threats over its planned prayer hall. This weekend it is hosting an interfaith dinner and has invited some of the people who oppose the project.

The Shia Muslim Foundation is calling on Baltimore County Board of Education member Maggie Litz Domanowski to apologize and resign after she shared a social media post invoking Sharia law to portray Islam as a threat to women's rights.

119 Members of Congress Oppose "Sharia Free America" Caucus and Anti Muslim Legislation

Muslim Americans have strong reason to watch the fight over FISA Section 702, a federal surveillance authority that Congress temporarily extended through April 30, 2026. The law is aimed at foreigners abroad, but it can still pull in Americans’ calls, texts, and emails when they communicate with people overseas. That matters for Muslim families, students, business owners, journalists, and activists whose ordinary lives often cross borders. The short term extension happened af