Esther Agbaje has won a house of reps seat in Minnesota. She won by a landslide, scoring a total of 17,396 votes, which represents 74.7% of the total ballots cast.
Her closest rival, Alan Shilepsky, a nominee for the Republican Party, scored 4,126 votes, which represents 17.7% of the total votes.
She will represent district 59B in the 134 member house on the democratic farmer Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party.
Abaje was born in St. Paul, the state capital of Minnesota, to Nigerian immigrant parents.
She attended George Washington University, DC, with a first degree in political science.
She holds a master’s degree in public administration from the university of Pennsylvania, and a law degree from Harvard university.
Agbaje’s victory makes her the first Nigerian-American in the Minnesota legislature.
It is expected that more Nigerians will win their polls in the ongoing national elections in the US.
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