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 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 Shia Muslim Foundation is calling for a full, transparent investigation after Sabah Mooswi, a Shia Muslim mother and community organizer in Dallas, had a bullet strike her vehicle on Mother's Day while driving on Interstate 35. The bullet shattered her windshield and traveled into the area where her young son could have been seated.