Kenyan-Born Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley Re-elected to Minnesota House, District 38A

Kenyan-born Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley has been re-elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, retaining the District 38A seat.

The Democratic–Farmer–Labor representative received 9,852 votes, or 71.8 per cent, defeating Republican challenger Charlie Kistler, who secured 3,840 votes, or 28 per cent.

Hiltsley made history as the first Kenyan-American elected to the Minnesota House and the first Kenyan-born immigrant elected to a US state legislature.