EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has represented Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District since 2019, a district that has been represented by Democrats since 1963. Her Republican opponent, Dalia Al-Aqidi, is hoping to change that.

Omar’s tenure has been embroiled in controversy over her comments about Jewish people and Israel, especially in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack in which 1,200 innocent people lost their lives and over 200 others were taken hostage. Al-Aqidi is a pro-Israel Sunni Muslim hoping to bridge the divide between the 5th District’s large Islamic population and its Jewish constituents.