Tag: African Politicians in Minnesota
Nadia Mohamed sworn in as mayor of St. Louis Park, making...
The city of St. Louis Park (SLP), Minnesota, has a population that is more than 80% white, according to United States Census Bureau data....
Don Samuels announces second bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar
Don Samuels, a former Minneapolis City Council member who lost a 2022 bid for Congress by two percentage points, and blamed the loss on...
Nadia Mohamed becomes first Somali elected mayor of U.S. city
In 2019, 23-year-old Nadia Mohamed made history when she became the youngest person elected to the city council in the city of St. Louis...
Huldah Hiltsley announces bid for MN House of Representatives seat
For some people, running for office and not winning could mark the end their political ambitions. Not Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley. After an unsuccessful attempt...
Nadia Mohamed, St. Louis Park’s youngest council member ever elected, files...
Nadia Mohamed, a state DEI specialist and current mayor pro tem of the St. Louis Park City Council, filed officially to run for mayor...
Businessman Isaak Rooble seeks open Bloomington City Council seat
With the District 4 Bloomington City Council seat open after incumbent Patrick Martin decided against seeking reelection, Mr. Isaak Rooble, a businessman and past...
Ilhan Omar embarks on new path no longer defined by ‘firsts’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was winding up for a speech at a Minnesota clean energy facility when he spotted a lawmaker in...
Republicans remove only African-born member of Congress from Foreign Affairs Committee
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who got the job last month after the longest speaker’s election in American history since the eve of the Civil...
Outgoing officials say farewells as Brooklyn Park’s first Black mayor prepares...
Brooklyn Park Mayor Lisa Jacobson held her last city council meeting Monday, joined by outgoing councilmembers who also came to say their final goodbyes....
Young African women break 164-year-old barrier to Minnesota senate
Two women in their 20s with recent ties to Africa jointly made history on Nov. 8 by becoming the first Black women ever elected...
PAC opposing Mike Elliott’s mayoral candidacy launches in Brooklyn Center
A political action committee opposing the Brooklyn Center mayoral candidacy of incumbent Mike Elliott has launched as residents in the two weeks leading to...