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Rep. Ilhan Omar files for re-election in St. Paul, speaks of achievements, progress

State party chair: 'We need everyone standing behind Ilhan'

May 28, 2024

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Ilhan Omar Speaking Before Filing_by_Mshale — U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, addresses supporters and the media minutes before she filed for reelection at the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office the morning of Tuesday, May 28, 2024. On her right is the DFL state party chair Mr. Ken Martin. Mshale Staff Photo by Richard Ooga

St. Paul, Minn. – U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, filed for re-election Monday morning accompanied by supporters and DFL state chair Ken Martin.

This will be Rep. Omar’s fourth time running for Minnesota’s fifth congressional district.

” I am excited to file for reelection to continue building on the progress and to continue to deliver for the Fifth,” said Rep. Omar.

The congresswoman said she has delivered on many of the promises she made to her constituents, including the Meals Act that fed 22 million children across the United States and her championing of student debt cancelation which has led President Biden to cancel the debts of millions of Americans.

Rep. Omar said she has worked with President Biden in addressing the effects of climate change with the introduction of the Geen New Deal “on implementing the most historic investments in addressing our climate crisis with the Inflation reduction Act.”

U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, looks on as an official at the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office goes through her filing papers for reelection the morning of Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Mshale Staff Photo by Richard Ooga

“We have so much more we can do,” Rep. Omar said.

U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, speaks to members of the press after filing for reelection for a fourth term at the Minnesota Secretary of State Office the morning of Tuesday, May 28, 20924. Mshale Staff Photo by Richard Ooga

The congresswoman is facing a primary challenge from former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels on August 13, with the winner virtually assured of winning the November election in the overwhelmingly Democratic district. This is Mr. Samuel’s second time challenging the congresswoman in a primary.

The congresswoman won the Democratic Party endorsement on May 11 and the party’s chair Ken Martin in comments at Rep. Omar’s filing on Monday said “the DFL party is unified and ready to do everything we can to make sure Ilhan’s return to congress.”

“There is no one in our party that does more to organize and mobilize voters and turn them out, and in such a critical year we need everyone standing behind Ilhan and continue to support and lift her up,” Mr. Martin said. “She has not only been a great congresswoman, she has been a great leader in this party helping get new voices in and supporting Democrats up and down the ballot and glad to join her today as she files.”