Rep. Ilhan Omar Wins Democratic Primary Challenge

MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has won the Democratic primary in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District after fending off a challenge from a moderate Democrat in a close contest.

Omar, who has represented the district that covers most of metropolitan Minneapolis for three terms, won the primary with 56.2 percent of the vote, according to the Associated Press. She defeated former Minnesota City Council Member Don Samuels, her principal opponent, who won just 42.9 percent of the vote.

“This campaign has been one of the ugliest, most disgusting campaigns against me that I have ever witnessed,” Omar remarked at her election night victory party at Nighthawks bar in Minneapolis, referring to her opponent Samuels. She said that the campaign overcame a “massive number of Republicans voting in our primary, egged on by every single Republican influencer across the country.” Minnesota does not register voters by party affiliation and allows all voters to participate in one party’s primary election.

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