Tag: African Politicians in Minnesota
Don Samuels raises $400K in race against Ilhan Omar
Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, raised $400,034 in the first quarter of 2024,...
District 38A DFL convention ends with no endorsement to succeed Rep....
For close to three hours on Saturday, DFL delegates in District 38A met in a Brooklyn Park Middle School gym to endorse a candidate...
Senate District 38 Democratic convention set for this weekend
Democrats in Senate District 38 are set to hold their convention on Saturday, April 13 at North View Middle School in Brooklyn Park.
In addition...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Wynfred Russell formally launches campaign...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Wynfred Russell, formally launched his campaign for the Minnesota House of Representatives Saturday evening during an event in...
Rep. Ilhan Omar hires former Jon Ossoff aide as campaign manager
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has hired a key member of the 2021 Jon Ossoff U.S. Senate runoff campaign in Georgia that gave Democrats control of...
Rep. Mohamud Noor of Minneapolis speaks on 2024 legislative session as...
Rep. Mohamud Noor who represents District 60B in the Minnesota House speaks on the issues the House Human Services Finance Committee that he chairs...
Local nonprofit building next generation of African women leaders
In January of 2023, Minnesotans watched as three Black women were sworn into the state senate for the first time in history. As the...
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...