Minnesota's 5th congressional district is a geographically small urban and suburban congressional district in Minnesota. It covers eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, al
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Ilhan Omar
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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-
Minnesota's 5th congressional district
…has the largest population of Somali Americans in the country, with Somalis making up 3% of the district's population. 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…
Official portrait, 2019
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