Wed 04 October 2020:
US Representative Ilhan Omar has won a second term in the Congress Minnesota’s 5th congressional district in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Omar, 38, defeated her Republican challenger, African American businessman Lacy Johnson, by 64.6 percent of the vote to 25.9 percent, according to The Associated Press news agency with 99 percent of votes counted.
She is a member of the so-called “Squad” of four freshman progressive Democratic congresswomen that includes Rashida Tlaib from Detroit, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York City and Ayanna Pressley from Boston.
#Election2020: Congrats @IlhanMN on winning re-election! After George Floyd was murdered in Minnesota, I visited Ilhan’s state to touch down with the people. I saw that Ilhan really cares about our community and wants to spark positive change. Love. pic.twitter.com/Q8MN122UNk
— COMMON (@common) November 4, 2020
Rep. Ilhan Omar has been re-elected in Minnesota. She easily defeated a well-financed moderate Democratic challenger earlier this year, and tonight she beat a Trump-endorsed Republican who’d raised more than $10 million. pic.twitter.com/RnErA6GUVT
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 4, 2020
The four represent a new emerging faction of young, progressive politicians who are pushing the established House leadership of the Democratic Party.
Omar has built a national profile that started when the one-time refugee from Somalia was elected to the Minnesota Legislature in 2016.
She has frequently become a target of criticism and defamatory comments from the president and other Republicans.
Last month, Omar hit back at Trump, calling him “racist” after he disparaged her during a campaign rally and falsely implied that she is not American.
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