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  1. 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 Member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent ...

  2. Apr 13, 2021 · 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 ...

  3. 4 days ago · Ilhan Omar (born October 4, 1982, Mogadishu, Somalia) is an 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.Upon her inauguration to the U.S. House of Representatives, she became the first African refugee and one of the first two Muslim ...

  4. Aug 15, 2018 · Most coverage of Ilhan Omar, the thirty-five-year-old state legislator who won the Democratic primary in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District last night, has focussed on her identity.

  5. 6 days ago · U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar won the endorsement of the state DFL party in her re-election bid for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district in a first round of balloting. The backing unlocks resources ...

  6. Mar 7, 2019 · Ilhan Omar: Reaction to first Somali-American elected to Congress. Originally working in education, she began her political career managing city council campaigns and working as a senior policy ...

  7. Aug 10, 2022 · US Rep. Ilhan Omar waves to passersby for support during a voter engagement event on the corner of Broadway and Central Avenues in Minneapolis, on August 9, 2022.

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