Yaphett El-Amin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yaphett El-Amin

American politician

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1971

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Yaphett El-Amin (born March 30, 1971) is an American politician who, until 2006, represented a portion of St.
Louis in the Missouri House of Representatives.
She is a Democrat. El-Amin is a native of St.
Louis.
She graduated from the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff with a BA in political science and is pursuing a master's degree in public administration at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. El-Amin, who is African-American, entered politics in 1997, when she became Democratic Committeewoman for the 1st Ward.
In 2002, she was a successful candidate for the Democratic nomination for State Representative in the 57th District [1].
She was elected without opposition in the general election [2] and was re-elected without opposition in 2004 [3] [4]. In 2006, El-Amin was an unsuccessful candidate to replace Pat Dougherty in the Missouri State Senate.
She finished second in a heavily contested Democratic primary election behind political science instructor Jeff Smith.
[5] Other candidates in the race were fellow state representative Amber Boykins, former State Representative Derio Gambaro, and former St.
Louis Alderman Kenny Jones [6].
Her husband Talibdan (TD) El-Amin won a contentious primary to become the Democratic party nominee to replace his wife in the Missouri House of Representatives.
[7] He was elected without opposition in the 2006 general election.
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