Imraan Siddiqi
Democratic · WA
Imraan Siddiqi is the executive director of CAIR-Washington, a civil rights group. He is a former coffee shop owner and holds an MBA from Arizona State University.
Where Imraan Siddiqi stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Civil Rights (4 records), Corporate Accountability (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Announced on April 24, 2025 that CAIR-Washington, under his direction, filed a complaint with the Seattle Office of Police Accountability over the Seattle Police Department's armed response to a false report against two Black Muslim sisters in a downtown parking garage, and called on the City of Seattle to hold those responsible accountable.
April 24, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: cairwa.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Opened a Phoenix coffee shop, then took over a mostly defunct CAIR chapter and became full-time executive director of CAIR-Arizona in 2015, later leading CAIR Washington's work defending immigrants and running civil rights campaigns.
January 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: thestranger.com
Publicly welcomed, as CAIR-Washington executive director, the Washington Legislature's passage of Senate Bill 5106 recognizing Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, in a statement issued April 2, 2025 after CAIR-WA members joined the bill's sponsors at the State Capitol in Olympia on March 31, 2025.
April 2, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: cairwa.org
Issued a public statement on Feb. 22, 2023 as CAIR-Washington executive director welcoming the Seattle City Council's 6-1 vote adding caste as a protected class under the city's anti-discrimination law, and urged other cities and states to adopt the same protection.
February 22, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: cairwa.org
Led CAIR-Washington when the chapter, together with the CAIR Legal Defense Fund, announced on Aug. 2, 2022 the filing of a discrimination lawsuit against Alaska Airlines on behalf of two Black Muslim men removed from a Seattle-departing flight after a passenger complained about seeing Arabic text; Siddiqi was the organization's named spokesperson on the filing.
August 2, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: cairwa.org
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Issued a statement on Aug. 7, 2025 as CAIR-Washington executive director joining the national CAIR office in calling on Microsoft to stop hosting Israeli military surveillance data on its Azure servers, citing reporting on the system's use in Gaza and the firing of Microsoft employees who protested it.
August 7, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: cairwa.org
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Received the endorsement of UFCW 3000, one of Washington's largest labor unions, for Washington House District 32 Position 2 in the union's published slate for the Aug. 4, 2026 primary; the endorsement list was verified live on July 23, 2026.
July 23, 2026
Source: ufcw3000.org
Has served as executive director of the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Washington), the Seattle-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, as listed on the organization's staff page published Feb. 20, 2024.
February 20, 2024
Source: cairwa.org
Past races Imraan Siddiqi ran in:
- Legislative District 32 - State Representative Pos. 2 (2-year term) · November 3, 2026 · Legislative (House) District 32; Washington
- State Representative Pos. 2 · August 4, 2026 · Legislative (House) District 32; Washington