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On April 10, 2005, ''The Washington Post'' ran a story about the couple's struggle<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28673-2005Apr6.html | work=The Washington Post | title=Hard Labor | date=April 10, 2005 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> with a [[holoprosencephaly]] (HPE) pregnancy, and an on-line chat with them about reaction to the story.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25447-2005Apr4.html | work=The Washington Post | title=The Choice | date=April 11, 2005 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>
In October 2021, Ali applied to fill a vacancy in the House of Delegates created by the resignation of [[Kathleen Dumais]]. Leaders of the Montgomery County Muslim Council pressured Democratic leaders to appoint him to fill the seat,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Muslim Council Promotes Ex-Delegate Ali for Dumais’ Seat, Which Isn’t Vacant Yet |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/blog/muslim-council-promotes-ex-delegate-ali-for-dumais-seat-which-isnt-vacant-yet/ |access-date=December 2, 2021 |work=[[Maryland Matters]] |date=October 15, 2021}}</ref> but the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee ultimately appointed the panel's chair, [[Linda Foley]], to fill the vacancy by a vote of 20-2, with one committee member not voting and Foley abstaining.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaines |first1=Danielle E. |title=Montgomery County Democratic Party Chair Picked to Fill Legislative Vacancy |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/12/01/montgomery-county-democratic-party-chair-picked-to-fill-legislative-vacancy/ |access-date=December 2, 2021 |work=[[Maryland Matters]] |date=December 1, 2021}}</ref>
==Electoral history==
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