Ilhan Omar has won the Democratic primary in Minnesota’s House race to replace Rep. Keith Ellison.
Omar, a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, was the first Somali-American legislator in the United States. The district has been safely Democratic for decades, making a victory for Omar in November likely. She and Rashida Tlaib, who won her congressional primary in Michigan last week, will be the first Muslim women elected to the U.S. House.
Omar was endorsed by t...