New Texas House members were sworn into office Tuesday, including some who have already made history.
Bhojani’s copy of the Quran is the first English copy to be printed in the Americas. He had purchased the historic text through an online auction to display in his office. He’d like to pass the text down to Muslim lawmakers that follow him.
Bhojani, a Democrat who represents parts of Tarrant County, is a history maker among the 26 new House representatives who have now been sworn in. Another legislator in this category is, who is the youngest Republican woman state representative in Texas, having been 28 years old when she won her 2022 election.
One 14-year-old from the Dallas-Fort Worth area said he skipped school to visit the state Capitol with his dad: “This is more important,” the boy told Bhojani’s wife, Nima. “Our community generally does not get really politically involved. So we don’t know who our elected officials are,” Bhojani said to supporters in the overflow room he booked for the viewing party. “I want to be building a bridge for people and just connecting them with the right people to make things happen.”
During his term, Bhojani wants to focus on “kitchen table issues” like building a strong economy that allows small businesses to take off and will prioritize early childhood education. Prior to her election, she has already worked for several years as a staffer, bouncing through four offices across the state Capitol including one in the basement and another on the fourth floor that overlooks Congress Avenue and sees a steady crowd of tourists from around the world.Harris woke up Tuesday morning thinking about her volunteers and voters.
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