Mujtaba Aziz Mateen Mohammed

Mujtaba Aziz Mateen Mohammed is the incumbent Democratic State Senator for North Carolina’s 38th Senate district and is seeking re‑election in the November 3, 2026 general election ¹⁸. The North Carolina Senate seat carries a four‑year term; his current term runs from January 1, 2019 through January 1, 2027, and he will appear on the ballot without a contested Democratic primary, which was cancelled in March 2026 ¹.

Born to immigrant parents, sources differ on his birthplace: Ballotpedia lists Toledo, Ohio, while VoteSmart records Charlotte, North Carolina as his birth city ¹⁸. He grew up in Charlotte, attended Charlotte‑Mecklenburg public schools, earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and received his Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law ¹⁸.

Before entering elected office, Mohammed worked as a public‑interest attorney. He served as a staff attorney for the Council for Children’s Rights (2014‑2016), an assistant public defender in Mecklenburg County, and briefly practiced law in his own firm ⁵⁸. His legal career focused on children’s rights, civil‑rights advocacy, and representation of indigent defendants.

Mohammed was first elected to the State Senate in 2018 and took office on January 1, 2019. He has been re‑elected in 2020 and 2024, winning 100 % of the vote in the 2024 general election with 94,162 votes ¹⁸. During his tenure he has served on numerous committees, including the Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, Health Care, Judiciary, Transportation, Finance, and the Redistricting and Elections Committee, among others (2025‑2026 session) ¹. He has also been a member of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety, the Legislative Ethics Committee, and the Select Committee on Prison Safety, among others ⁸.

Legislatively, Mohammed has sponsored bills related to criminal‑justice reform, education equity, and health‑care access, though a complete list is maintained on BillTrack50 and the North Carolina General Assembly site ¹¹⁴. Outside the chamber, he has been appointed to the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice by Governor Roy Cooper, and he serves on several nonprofit boards focused on children and families ¹⁹⁵.

Mohammed lives in northeast Charlotte with his wife, Saba, and their three children, Ayub, Hamza, and daughter Amara, whom he welcomed in 2022 while serving in the Senate ⁵⁸¹².

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