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Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. [6] Before her election to Congress, Omar served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019, representing part of Minneapolis.
Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley unseated Joe Crowley and Mike Capuano, respectively, in primary elections.Omar won the seat previously held by Democrat Keith Ellison, who retired from the House to successfully run for Attorney General of Minnesota, and Tlaib won the seat once held by Dean of the House John Conyers, who resigned in 2017 after nearly 53 years in Congress.
The district is represented by Ilhan Omar, who is the first Somali–American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota in that chamber. Omar, also an American Muslim, succeeded Keith Ellison, the first American Muslim to serve in Congress, after he was elected Minnesota Attorney General.
[1] [2] On November 6, 2018, four additional Arab Americans, all of whom are female, were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Ilhan Omar, Donna Shalala, and Rashida Tlaib. Tlaib and Omar were also the first Muslim women in Congress. [3] The U.S. House of Representatives currently has five Arab-American members.
Ilhan Omar: Democratic: MN-05: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 48 days First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995. [6] Rashida Tlaib: Democratic: MI-13: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 48 days First of two ...
Ilhan Omar (Minneapolis) Democratic (DFL) January 3, 2019 D+30: 6th: Tom Emmer : Republican January 3, 2015 R+12: 7th: Michelle Fischbach : Republican
Hirsi was born on February 22, 2003, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Somali American U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar [3] [4] [5] and Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi. Hirsi attended Minneapolis South High School, [6] which she graduated from in 2021. She became involved in climate activism after joining her high school's environmental club in her freshman year.
On January 3, 2019, Ilhan Omar, Ellison's successor as representative from Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, the newly elected representative from Michigan, were both sworn into Congress using copies of the Qur'an. Tlaib used a copy given to her by a close friend, while Omar used a copy originally owned by her grandfather. [27] [28]