Tag: African Politicians in Minnesota
We didn’t back down on fighting for the values of the...
Representing Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District has been the honor of my life. As a little girl huddled in a refugee camp, displaced by a...
Rep. Ilhan Omar urges voters to make reproductive rights key issue...
Rep. Ilhan Omar and several elected officials and activists held a press conference in Minneapolis Tuesday morning, calling on voters to make reproductive rights...
Rep. Omar launches first reelection TV ad with focus on accomplishments
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) launched the first advertisement campaign of her re-election bid over the weekend with a 30-second spot that focuses on her...
‘We deserve answers’: Don Samuels calls on Rep. Omar to address...
The business dealings of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s husband are the latest flashpoint in the contest between Rep. Omar and her challenger former Minneapolis City...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Wynfred Russell formally files to...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Wynfred Russell on Monday formally filed to run in the August 13 Democratic primary for State Representative in...
It’s official: Huldah Hiltsley files to run for Minnesota State House
First-generation Kenyan immigrant and data privacy manager, Ms. Huldah Hiltsley, on Friday officially filed paperwork to run in the August 13 Democratic primary in...
Rep. Ilhan Omar files for re-election in St. Paul, speaks of...
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...
Sen. Mohamed and Rep. Agbaje become first Black women to chair...
History was made on Monday when a conference committee to iron out differences between the Minnesota House and Senate versions of a bill to...
Tenant-landlord bill agreement would protect domestic violence victims, omit prohibition of...
The conference committee on a bill to modify residential housing tenant and landlord provisions reached an agreement Monday.
The proposed legislation would, among other things,...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wins Democratic endorsement for 5th Congressional District
Democrats in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District on Saturday endorsed U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar for reelection in an unprecedented style – it was the first...
My commitment to a new era of US-Africa relations
Since being elected to Congress in 2018 as the first African-born Member to serve, I have worked to reshape engagement with the continent within...