Ako Abdul-Samad

Infobox State Representative


name =Ako Abdul-Samad
state_house =Iowa
district =66th
term_start =January 8, 2007
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preceded =Ed Fallon
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party =Democrat
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residence =Des Moines, Iowa
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occupation =CEO, non-profit
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religion =Islam


website = [http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=6485&ga=82 Abdul-Samad's website]
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Ako Abdul-Samad is the Iowa State Representative from the 66th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007. Previously, he had been a member of the Des Moines school board.

Abdul-Samad is the founder and CEO of Creative Visions Human Development Institute, a non-profit organization in Des Moines.

Abdul-Samad currently serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Education committee; the Labor committee; the State Government committee; and the Human Resources committee, where he is vice chair. He also serves on the Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee.

Abdul-Samad also serves on the Health and Human Services Committee of the Midwestern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments. [http://www.csgmidwest.org/About/MLC/Committees/HHS/roster.htm]

Abdul-Samad was elected in 2006 with 3,459 votes (61%), defeating Republican opponent Jack Whitver, Libertarian opponent Brett Blanchfield, and Independent opponent Jeff Johannsen. [http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf]

External links

* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=MIA04968 Abdul-Samad on Project Vote Smart]
* [http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=6485&ga=82 Abdul-Samad's Capitol Web Address]