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About. Rep. Ilhan Omar represents Minnesota's 5 th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs. An experienced Twin Cities policy analyst, organizer, public speaker and advocate, Rep. Omar was sworn into office in January 2019, making her the first African refugee to become a ...
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before her election to Congress, Omar served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019, representing part of Minneapolis.
Aug 15, 2018 · Emily Witt writes on Ilhan Omar, whose Democratic-primary victory in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District makes her likely to become the first Somali-American and one of the first two...
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (Arabic: إلهان عبد الله عمر born October 4, 1981) She is the member of the U.S House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th district since January 3, 2019. Omar is also member of "The Squad". In 2016, she was elected a Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
May 20, 2024 · Press Release. WASHINGTON, – As American taxpayers foot the $17 billion annual bill in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry – while facing the increasingly frequent, dangerous, and costly effects of climate change – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act.
In 2016, Ilhan became the first Somali-American, Muslim legislator in the United States. With the help of her committed campaign team, they increased voter turnout by 37%. She was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 60B, where she’s lived for the past 20 years. In 2018, she became the first African refugee to become ...
Jun 12, 2020 · Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar discusses her memoir, This Is What America Looks Like, which revisits her flight from civil war-ravaged Somalia and her years in a refugee camp, her marriage and more
