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Esam Omeish's bid to become the first Muslim elected to Virginia's House of Delegates fell far short Tuesday. Omeish placed a distant third in the four-candidate field to primary winner Mark Keam, a former chief counsel for Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and attorney John Carroll.
Keam won with 55 percent of the vote and faces Republican attorney Jim Hyland in the general election to represent Northern Virginia's District 35. Omeish won 16 percent while Carroll won 18 percent.
Omeish kept quiet during the campaign about his past leadership of the Muslim American Society (MAS), a group founded by Muslim Brotherhood members in America. He has a history of making radical statements, praising Palestinians who learned "the jihad way is the way to liberate your land," during a rally in 2000 He added, "We are telling them that we are with you and we are supporting you and we will do everything that we can, Insh'Allah, to help your cause."