So Darin LaHood gets his dad's old seat? Expected, but at least we get an Arab-American in Congress again (as Ray LaHood was Lebanese-American, I imagine his son also identifies as such).
Justin Amash is Palestinian, and Robert Pittenger is also Lebanese via his father, I believe...so that makes three now with LaHood. It's interesting that both muslim members of Congress are not Arab (Keith Ellison and Andre Carson).
Oh yeah, I forgot about Amash and Issa. Still interesting that none of the three Arab-Americans are Muslim, and that the two Muslims in Congress are black. In fact, out of the three
Buddhists in Congress, only two are Asian; the last, Hank Johnson, is black. This
Pew Research poll is interesting in terms of Congressional religion. Would be fun to see a similar poll on ethnicity.
EDIT: Apparently
Charles Boustany is also Arab-American (Lebanese again, and Christian, and Republican).
