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Ilhan Omar comments on her re-election and increased diversity after the 2022 Minnesota state elections. Recorded November 17, 2022. 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.
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- Who Is Ilhan Omar?
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Ilhan Omar fled Somalia's civil war as a child and spent four years in a refugee camp before her family received asylum in the United States. She became a U.S. citizen in 2000 and in 2016 won a seat in the Minnesota House. In 2018, Omar was elected to represent Minnesota's 5th district in Congress. She became the first Somali American and one of th...
Omar was born on October 4, 1982, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Her mother passed away when Omar, the youngest of seven children, was 2. After this loss, her father, sisters and aunts took care of her. Omar grew up at her middle-class family's compound in Mogadishu, where her grandfather didn't enforce traditional gender roles. Omar's childhood was upende...
Omar's interest in politics was sparked by accompanying her grandfather to Democratic caucuses so she could be his interpreter. She later worked as a community organizer and volunteered on campaigns. In 2016, Omar unseated a 44-year incumbent in a Democratic primary and was subsequently elected to Minnesota's House of Representatives. Her campaign ...
While she was running for the Minnesota House, conservative sites and online forums spread a rumor that Omar had married her brother in order to help him immigrate to the United States. Omar denounced the claim as "absolutely false and ridiculous." Subsequent fact-checking by news organizations revealed no evidence to support the accusation. During...
Omar has been accused of antisemitism. In one instance, she was criticized for a February 2019 tweet that declared, "It's all about the Benjamins, baby!" in regards to supporters of Israel in Congress. She apologized for her use of antisemitic tropes, but soon afterward described Israel's advocates in America as promoting "allegiance to a foreign c...
Omar married her first husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, in a religious ceremony in 2002. After having two children together, daughter Isra and son Adnan, the couple's relationship deteriorated. They followed Islamic procedure to end the union in 2008 (they had not been legally married). Omar had trouble coping after the end of her marriage in 2008 a...
Learn about Rep. Omar's background, values, and legislative priorities as the first African refugee and Muslim-American woman elected to Congress. She serves on the House Budget, Education and Workforce, and Progressive Caucus Committees.
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is now in her third term and she's no longer defined by the “firsts” that accompanied her arrival in Congress. Those included being one of the first Muslim women in the House, the first African refugee elected to Congress and the first lawmaker to wear a hijab on the House floor.
- Farnoush Amiri
- famiri@ap.org
Apr 19, 2024 · Ilhan Omar (born October 4, 1982, Mogadishu, Somalia) American policy analyst, organizer, public speaker, advocate, and politician who began representing Minnesota’s 5th congressional district, which includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs, in 2019.
Aug 15, 2018 · Omar beat her closest Democratic rival by more than twenty thousand votes, out of 135,318 votes cast for Democrats in the Fifth District, which includes Minneapolis and its inner-ring suburbs.
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