= Keith Ellison

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) and Ellison (right) at his swearing-in ceremony with Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Keith Ellison Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, the Minnesota state Democratic Party affiliate. The district centers on Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs. Ellison is a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Chief Deputy Whip for the 113th Congress, also notably serving in the House Committee on Financial Services. Ellison is the first Muslim[2][3] to be elected to the Congress. He is also the first African American elected to the House from Minnesota.[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Ellison