Six Bangladeshi-origin candidates are running again in the US elections on Tuesday.
All six are incumbents in various state legislatures seeking re-election, Dhaka Tribune reported.
The candidates are Sheikh M Rahman (Georgia Senate District 5), Nabilah Islam (Georgia Senate District 7), Masudur Rahman (Connecticut Senate District 4), and Saddam Salim (Virginia Senate District 37), all Democrats.
Aboul Bashar Khan, a Republican, is seeking re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Rockingham District 20.
Dr Nuran Nabi, a Democratic councilman from Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, has held his position since 2007.
If re-elected, this will mark his fifth term.
He oversees cultural and heritage matters within the township council, which consists of a mayor and five council members.
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