{"biography":"Mujtaba Aziz Mateen Mohammed is the incumbent Democratic State Senator for North Carolina\u2019s 38th Senate district and is seeking re\u2011election in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election [1][8]. The North Carolina Senate seat carries a four\u2011year term; his current term runs from January\u202f1,\u202f2019 through January\u202f1,\u202f2027, and he will appear on the ballot without a contested Democratic primary, which was cancelled in March\u202f2026 [1].\n\nBorn to immigrant parents, sources differ on his birthplace: Ballotpedia lists Toledo, Ohio, while VoteSmart records Charlotte, North Carolina as his birth city [1][8]. He grew up in Charlotte, attended Charlotte\u2011Mecklenburg 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 [1][8].\n\nBefore entering elected office, Mohammed worked as a public\u2011interest attorney. He served as a staff attorney for the Council for Children\u2019s Rights (2014\u20112016), an assistant public defender in Mecklenburg County, and briefly practiced law in his own firm [5][8]. His legal career focused on children\u2019s rights, civil\u2011rights advocacy, and representation of indigent defendants.\n\nMohammed was first elected to the State Senate in 2018 and took office on January\u202f1,\u202f2019. He has been re\u2011elected in 2020 and 2024, winning 100\u202f% of the vote in the 2024 general election with 94,162 votes [1][8]. 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\u20112026 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].\n\nLegislatively, Mohammed has sponsored bills related to criminal\u2011justice reform, education equity, and health\u2011care access, though a complete list is maintained on BillTrack50 and the North Carolina General Assembly site [1][14]. 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 [19][5].\n\nMohammed 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 [5][8][12].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Mujtaba Mohammed - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Mujtaba_Mohammed)\n- [3] [Senator Mujtaba A. Mohammed - Biography - North Carolina General Assembly](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/s/417)\n- [5] [Mujtaba Mohammed - Run For Something](https://directory.runforsomething.net/candidate/w8408/mohammed-mujtaba/)\n- [6] [RFS Endorsed Candidate: Mujtaba Mohammed](https://directory.runforsomething.net/candidate/w6292/mohammed-mujtaba/)\n- [8] [Vote Smart | Facts For All](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/178346/mujtaba-mohammed)\n- [11] [Sen. Mujtaba Mohammed (@MMohammedNC) / Twitter](https://twitter.com/mmohammednc?lang=en)\n- [12] [Mujtaba Mohammed on LinkedIn: A little more than two years ago, the North Carolina Senate was still](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mujtaba-mohammed-878a7a48_a-little-more-than-two-years-ago-the-north-activity-6904429757161648129-2-d6)\n- [13] [Mujtaba A. Mohammed - NC Senate (@mohammedfornc)](https://www.facebook.com/mohammedfornc/)\n- [14] [State Senator Mujtaba Mohammed | BillTrack50](https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/23994)\n- [15] [North Carolina State Sen. Mujtaba Mohammed - Biography | LegiStorm](https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/309777/Mujtaba_Aziz_Mohammed.html)\n- [16] [Mujtaba Mohammed - Indiaspora](https://indiaspora.org/government-leaders/mujtaba-mohammed-2/)\n- [19] [Mujtaba Mohammed | NC Senate Democratic Caucus](https://www.ncsenate.org/mujtaba-mohammed)\n- [20] [Mujtaba Mohammed | Historica Wiki | Fandom](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Mujtaba_Mohammed)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_senate_038","county":"mecklenburg","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc State Senate District 38"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Mujtaba","fullname":"Mujtaba Aziz Mateen Mohammed","lastname":"Mohammed","middlename":"Aziz Mateen","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_senate_038","contest_title":"Nc State Senate District 38","county":"mecklenburg","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_senate_038","contest_title":"Nc State Senate District 38","county":"mecklenburg","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Mujtaba Aziz Mateen Mohammed is the Democratic State Senator for North Carolina\u2019s 38th district, running for re\u2011election in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"8fb420debe92a62f"}