Tag: Black Elected Officials in Minnesota
State Senator Omar Fateh announces run for Minneapolis mayor
State Sen. Omar Fateh, the first Somali American and first Muslim to serve in the Minnesota Senate, announced his bid for Minneapolis Mayor on...
U.S. Reps. Lauren Underwood and Ilhan Omar stump for Harris-Walz ticket...
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood visited Minneapolis last week to join U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar, who represents the area, to rally supporters for Vice President...
Mayor Nadia Mohamed honored by League of Minnesota Cities
St. Louis Park Mayor Nadia Mohamed was named the 2024 Emerging Leader Award recipient by the League of Minnesota Cities (LCM). The award was...
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...
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...
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,...
Brooklyn Park Council Member Boyd Morson: Censuring me won’t make me...
On Monday April 15, Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies J. Winston and four of my colleagues at the City Council passed a resolution to censure...
African immigrants flexed their political muscles in the 2020 U.S elections,...
Six years ago, a 21-year-old Ethiopian refugee named Oballa Oballa walked into the mayor’s office in Austin, Minn., and asked what he could do...