Mujtaba Aziz Mohammed is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly. On November 6, 2018 he was elected to represent the Mecklenburg County's 38th district in the North Carolina State Senate. He received 81.74% of the votes to secure his victory over the Republican opponent Richard Rivette. He defeated incumbent Joel D. M. Ford in the Democratic primary election on May 8, 2018 by double digits and earned every major endorsement in the race.

The North Carolina Senate is the upper chamber of the North Carolina General Assembly, which along with the North Carolina House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the state legislature of North Carolina. The term of office for each senator is only two years.