Aisha Wahab

Aisha Wahab
Member of the California Senate
from the 10th district
Assumed office
December 5, 2022
Preceded byBob Wieckowski
Member of the Hayward City Council
In office
December 11, 2018 – December 5, 2022
Preceded byMarvin Peixoto
Succeeded byGeorge Syrop
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born1987 or 1988 (age 36–37)
New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceHayward, California
EducationSan Jose State University (BA)
California State University, East Bay (MBA)

Aisha Wahab (born 1987/1988) is an American politician who has been a member of the California State Senate from the 10th district since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first Muslim elected to the California State Senate.[1] Wahab served on the Hayward City Council from 2018 to 2022 and was one of the first Afghan-Americans elected to public office, alongside New Hampshire state representative Safiya Wazir.[2]

  1. ^ "Hayward city council member Aisha Wahab becomes 1st Muslim, Afghan American elected to CA senate". ABC7 San Francisco. 2022-11-22. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wahab History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).