Rep. Ilhan Omar survives challenge from pro-police Democrat in Minnesota

By Kaelan Deese

Published August 10, 2022 4:03am ET

Rep. Ilhan Omar survives challenge from pro-police Democrat in Minnesota — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., walks to the chamber Thursday, March 7, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the House was preparing to vote on a resolution to speak out against, as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said, "anti-Semitism, anti-Islamophobia, anti-white supremacy and all the forms that it takes," an action sparked by remarks from Omar. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Rep. Ilhan Omar pulled off a Democratic primary win Tuesday for Minnesota‘s 5th District following a close contest from a centrist Democrat who dinged the progressive for wanting to defund the police.

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