Tag: First African Congresswoman
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...
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...
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...
Pelosi appoints Omar to House Foreign Affairs Committee
Speaker Nancy Pelosi in announcing committee assignments for the 116th Congress has appointed Representative Ilhan Omar to the powerful foreign affairs committee which oversees...