Salman Bhojani (born February 18, 1980) is an American corporate lawyer and politician who is a former member of the City Council of Euless, Texas.
[8] In 2009, Bhojani enrolled in the evening program at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
[9] Bhojani worked for Haynes and Boone at the firm's Dallas headquarters from 2013 to 2015, practicing corporate law.
[14] This campaign earned local and national press coverage when Maddux sent a mailer to Euless voters highlighting Bhojani's Muslim faith and Republican State Representative Jonathan Stickland posted on Facebook calling Bhojani "sneaky," "a Muslim, lawyer, and a lifelong Democrat" with "ideas for our community [that] would scare a majority of our residents.
"[15][16] Stickland, whose district includes Euless, contributed $5,000 to the Maddux campaign and donated political consulting, canvassing services and postage worth an additional $7,909.
[17] Stickland's comments were condemned on the editorial pages of The Dallas Morning News[18] and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram[19] and in a press release by the interfaith group Faith in Texas.