Keith Maurice Ellison is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota since 2019. From 2007 to 2019, Ellison was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th cong
Official portrait, 2018
Ellison in the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy yearbook, 1981
In 2006, Ellison became the first Muslim to be elected to Congress. He was sworn in on Thomas Jefferson's Quran by Nancy Pelosi.
Ellison sought the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee in 2017. The post ultimately went to Tom Perez, and Ellison assumed the newly created position of deputy chair.
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. The district includes all of Minneapolis and some of its first-
Keith Ellison
…the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th district In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2019 Preceded by Martin Olav Sabo Succeeded by Ilhan Omar Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 58B district In office January 7, 2003 – January 3, 2007 Preceded by Gregory Gray Succeeded…
Omar with John Sullivan in Paris as part of Minnesota's World's Fair Bid Committee, 2017
Omar, then a candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives, speaks at a Hillary for Minnesota event at the University of Minnesota in October 2016.
Omar and other female members of the Congressional Black Caucus in January 2019