Ako Abdul-Samad is the Iowa State Representative from the 66th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives

Iowa House of Representatives

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency...

 since 2007. Previously, he had been a member of the Des Moines

Des Moines, Iowa

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 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.

Abdul-Samad was elected in 2006 with 3,459 votes (61%), defeating Republican

Republican Party of Iowa

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 opponent Jack Whitver, Libertarian

Libertarian Party (United States)

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 opponent Brett Blanchfield, and Independent

Independent (politician)

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 opponent Jeff Johannsen.

External links

• Abdul-Samad official Iowa General Assembly site
• Ako Abdul-Samad State Representative official constituency site
• Ako Abdul-Samad official campaign site