She finished second in a heavily contested Democratic primary election behind political science instructor Jeff Smith.
Her husband Talibdan (TD) El-Amin won a contentious primary to become the Democratic party nominee to replace his wife in the Missouri House of Representatives.
She quickly expanded upon her vision to further stabilize other disadvantaged communities in St. Louis with the Finney Place project, 40-single family homes, followed by the Scott Manor Senior homes, a 42-unit mixed-use senior facility with commercial business and community meeting space in partnership with Believer’s Temple Church in St. Louis County.
In 2018, El-Amin expanded Efficacy’s footprint to the state of Illinois with the renovation of the historic Broadview Hotel in downtown East St. Louis, which will be converted to the New Broadview, a mixed use senior facility that will feature 110 senior-units and more than 25,000 square feet of community commercial space that will start reconstruction in 2020.
El-Amin aims to continue to build upon Efficacy’s mission to work with disadvantaged communities to identify problems, create effective solutions, and enhance neighborhoods one block at a time.