MINNESOTA(Halbeeg News) Minnesota Democratic State Rep. Ilhan Omar has won the race for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district, replacing Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.).
Omar is making history as she becomes the first Somali-American elected to Congress.
She is also one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress along with Rashida Tlaib, who ran unopposed in Michigan.
Her potentially historic contest continues after she won her Minnesota primary.
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