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Mehmet Cengiz Öz [a] (/ m ə ˈ m ɛ t ˈ dʒ ɛ ŋ ɡ ɪ z ɒ z / meh-MET JENG-gihz oz; Turkish: [mehˈmet dʒeɲˈɟiz øz]; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz (/ ɒ z /), is an American television presenter, physician, author, professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University, and former political candidate who is President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as ...
Dr. Mehmet Oz rarely talks about his faith on the campaign trail – but, if elected, the son of Turkish émigrés could make history as the first Muslim elected to serve in the U.S. Senate.
No Muslim has ever served in the United States Senate. In 2022, Mehmet Oz became the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, making him the first Muslim to be nominated by a major party for the U.S. Senate. [2] [3] Oz lost the general election to Pennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman.
He is best known as Dr. Oz having gained some notoriety on the Oprah Winfrey Show discussing medical matters and health. He most recently ran in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania where ...
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who will be ranking member during Oz’s confirmation next year, mentioned Oz’s history of unscientific endorsements as an area of concern.
Ellison's photo-op reenactment of his swearing in ceremony with Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an. In mid-November 2006, it was reported that Keith Ellison, the first Muslim ever elected to the United States Congress, would take his oath of office (as a representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district) with his hand on the Qur'an.
Dr. Mehmet Oz is seriously considering entering the race for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat as a Republican. The 2022 race is expected to be one of the most competitive in the nation.
Abraham Lincoln – Christianity, no branch specified. Life before the presidency Some believe that for much of his life, Lincoln was a Deist. [64] Rev. Dr. Phineas D. Gurley, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in Washington D.C., which Lincoln attended with his wife when he attended any church, never claimed a conversion ...