Somali American candidate seeks opportunity for refugees in Minnesota race
More immigrants are participating in the US democratic process this election cycle. Abdi Daisane is a Somali American who is running for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 14A. He was born in Somalia and grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya. Daisane tells VOA's James Butty, he’s running to provide his constituents the same opportunities given to him as a refugee.
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