India-born Democrat Saba Haider has made history in the United States after winning a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives, becoming the first South Asian woman to be elected to the state’s General Assembly.
I informed her brothers and her father that Saba had won, and everyone celebrated with so much joy. “My life has been successful. Everyone is saying that my daughter is the first immigrant woman to reach that position. I feel that by achieving something so significant, she has made all my hard work successful. We stayed awake the entire night.
Around 6.30 to 7.00 am, when we received her phone call, she said, ‘Mummy, I am winner,’ I literally jumped out of my chair. Haider secured a decisive victory in the November 3 US midterm elections, winning the 84th district with 70.9 per cent of the votes. She received 20,756 votes, defeating Republican candidate Brian Scopa, who polled 8,520 votes, accounting for 29.1 per cent of the total, according to Associated Press numbers.
Everyone started jumping around in happiness, and I said that the hard work and devotion we had put in for all these days has finally borne fruit today,” her mother told news agency PTI.
Saba Haider thanks voters after election victory
“We did it! “Ultimately this election was about the people who call this community home. We worked hard for the last 15 months talking to voters in every corner of District 84 to learn what they care about, what they want to see change, and how we can work together to build stronger, more prosperous, and more inclusive communities,” Haider said in a social media post on Thursday.
It was about building the future we all deserve,” she said. “Onwards and upwards!” she said. “Since then, I’ve dedicated my life towards giving back to the community that helped me and my family make Illinois our home,” Haider said during her campaign. “I know firsthand the struggles our working families are going through, and I want to work with our elected officials to find solutions to the problems we all face,” Haider said during her poll campaign.
