Democrat Mujtaba A. Mohammed is certified for the ballot in the North Carolina State Senate District 38 race, according to BallotReady election data.

Mohammed has represented District 38 since 2019, according to BallotReady profile data. He is an attorney at Shane Smith Law, a position he has held since 2023.

Candidate information

  • Party: Democratic
  • Office sought: North Carolina State Senate, District 38
  • Election date: Nov. 3, 2026
  • Residence: Northeast Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio
  • Education: High school diploma, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; bachelor's degree in history, University of North Carolina (2008); juris doctor, North Carolina Central University (2013)
  • Current employment: Attorney, Shane Smith Law (2023–present)

Mohammed was born to two immigrant parents from India, according to his Wikipedia biography. He grew up in Charlotte. He is raising three children in northeast Charlotte.

Experience and public service

Mohammed served as an attorney at the Law Office of Mujtaba A. Mohammed from 2013 to 2014. He then worked as a staff attorney at the Council for Children's Rights from 2014 to 2016, according to BallotReady profile data. He served as an assistant public defender in North Carolina from 2016 to 2023.

Mohammed has also served as an appointee on two state bodies, according to the NC Senate Democratic Caucus. Those are the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice and the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities.

On the issues

The following positions are stated by Mohammed on his campaign website, as compiled by BallotReady. They reflect the candidate's own claims.

Education: Mohammed says he supports quality early childhood education for all North Carolina children, competitive pay for educators, and increased per-pupil spending. He also says he supports accountability standards for charter schools, lower community college tuition and fees, and expanded college and career readiness programs.

Criminal justice: Mohammed says he supports ending the school-to-prison pipeline and ending money bail for low-level offenses. He says he supports banning criminal background checks in the initial state hiring process and providing incentives for companies to hire people with criminal records.

Economy: Mohammed says he supports small-business incentives and expanding state contracts for minority- and women-owned businesses. He also says he supports expanding state support of UNC Charlotte's business incubator Ventureprise. He says he backs a living wage, an equal pay act for women and pay increases for state employees.

Healthcare: Mohammed says he supports Medicaid expansion, which he says would benefit more than 600,000 residents. He also says he supports protecting reproductive health care rights.

Infrastructure: Mohammed says he supports investments in infrastructure and maintaining local control of Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Endorsements

Mohammed has received endorsements from the following organizations, as claimed by each endorser:

  • NC AFL-CIO Charlotte-Metrolina Labor Council, according to the NC AFL-CIO endorsed candidates list
  • North Carolina League of Conservation Voters, according to BallotReady profile data

Mohammed did not respond to the Lake Norman Beacon's candidate questionnaire. This profile is based on publicly available information and the candidate's published campaign positions.