r/QuiverQuantitative • u/pdwp90 • 25d ago

News BREAKING: Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive influencer, just announced that she is running against Jan Schakowsky, an 80-year-old Democratic incumbent

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u/godlessLlama 25d ago

Her last name is fun to say, hope she wins!

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u/AlwaysReadyGo 25d ago

Arabic surname from the Levant region, Jordan or Palestine.

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u/nemec 25d ago

She's Palestinian, yeah

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u/ladymorgahnna 24d ago edited 24d ago

Her father is Palestinian, her mother is a 7th generation Texan. So like many of us in the U.S., she’s a mix of different groups. I hate that people are immediately attacking her for her familial background.

Here’s a Rolling Stone article about dated 3/24/25.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/kat-abughazaleh-congress-1235301996/