Tag: Black Politicians in Minnesota
State Sen. Omar Fateh kicks off Minneapolis mayoral campaign
State Sen. Omar Fateh hosted his mayoral campaign kick-off event at the Brian Coyle community center on Saturday, less than two weeks after he...
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...
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...
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...
America provided me opportunity and I’ve dedicated my life to repaying...
I knew there would be hardships when I immigrated to the United States alone, with $87 dollars in my pocket. There was no illusion...
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...
Don Samuels secures his first union endorsements in congressional bid
Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, a candidate for Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District, has secured crucial endorsements from two influential unions as he...
‘A Brooklyn Park for all’: Hollies Winston sworn in as city’s...
Hollies Winston, the businessman that successfully sold a vision of an inclusive city to voters in November, the grandson of a Mississippi sharecropper and...
De’Vonna Pittman running to bring ‘positive change’ to Hennepin County Board...
Author, entrepreneur, and public servant De’Vonna Pittman is vying for a seat on Hennepin County’s Board of Commissioners representing District 1. The district includes...