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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.
First of two Muslim women in Congress. Born to a Muslim family of Palestinian immigrants. [7] Abraham Hamadeh: Republican: AZ-08: January 3, 2025: Incumbent 51 days First Muslim in Congress who is a member of the Republican Party. Identifies as non-Denominational. [8] Lateefah Simon: Democratic: CA-12: January 3, 2025: Incumbent 51 days [9]
Tlaib and Omar were also the first Muslim women in Congress. [3] The U.S. House of Representatives currently has five Arab-American members. The first Assyrian American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was Adam Benjamin in 1977, [ 4 ] and the first Persian-American U.S. representative was Stephanie Bice in 2021. [ 5 ]
Omar is the first Somali-American member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent Minnesota and one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to Congress. Her current net worth is a ...
Ilhan Omar, State Rep. and DFL-endorsed candidate for congress, and Erin Murphy, State Rep. and DFL-endorsed candidate for Minnesota Governor, discuss the rise of anti-Muslim sentiment in ...
In Minnesota, Muslims and Somali Americans talked politics, religion and how their votes were swayed in the 2024 election. Some showed a new affinity for the Republican Party under Donald Trump.
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.
Along with fellow Democrat Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Tlaib is one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. [4] [38] [24] She took the congressional oath of office on January 3, 2019, swearing in on an English-language translation of the Quran. [39] [40] She wore a thawb (thobe), a traditional embroidered Arab dress, to the swearing-in ...