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George Chidi in Atlanta

‘Not my first rodeo’: meet the 21-year-old serving as Georgia’s youngest state legislator

a man speaking in a microphone holding a pamphlet as someone records him
Muhammad Akbar Ali. Photograph: Courtesy Akbar Ali for State House 106

Muhammad Akbar Ali, a 21-year-old recent college graduate, won a runoff election for a state house seat in Atlanta’s suburbs earlier this month, becoming the youngest Georgia state legislator serving today – perhaps the youngest ever.

The key to the young Democrat’s victory and his strategy moving forward? Experience.

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