Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
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| Filing deadline: June 4, 2024 |
| Primary: August 13, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
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| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Minnesota |
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All U.S. House districts, including the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was August 13, 2024. The filing deadline was June 4, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.
At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 74.3%-24.5%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 80.6%-17.4%.[3]
For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)
- Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Dalia al-Aqidi in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ilhan Omar (D) | 74.4 | 261,066 |
 | Dalia al-Aqidi (R)  | 24.6 | 86,213 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 3,768 | ||
| Total votes: 351,047 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shujaa Tongrit-Green (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Don Samuels, Nate Schluter, and Abena McKenzie in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ilhan Omar | 56.2 | 67,926 |
 | Don Samuels | 42.9 | 51,839 | |
 | Nate Schluter | 0.5 | 575 | |
| Abena McKenzie | 0.4 | 461 | ||
| Total votes: 120,801 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tim Peterson (D)
- Sarah Gad (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Dalia al-Aqidi advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dalia al-Aqidi | 100.0 | 3,380 |
| Total votes: 3,380 | |||
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August 13 Democratic primary
Ballotpedia identified the August 13 Democratic primary as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.
Incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) won the Democratic primary for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District on August 13, 2024. Click here for more detailed results. Don Samuels, Abena McKenzie, and Nate Schluter also ran in the primary. The winner advanced to the general election on November 5, 2024. Omar and Samuels led in fundraising and media commentary.[4]
Omar defeated Samuels in the Democratic primary for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District in 2022, winning 50.3% to 48.2%. According to the StarTribune's Ryan Faircloth, "The upcoming rematch between Omar and Samuels is expected to be one of the most closely watched Democratic primary elections in the country. Omar and Samuels have developed a heated rivalry since their close first race."[5]
On May 11, more than 60% of Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota (DFL) delegates voted to endorse Omar at a state convention.[6][7][8] Samuels won the support of 39% of delegates.[9] The DFL is the Minnesota political party affiliate of the national Democratic Party.
Omar was born in Somalia and, at age eight, spent four years in a refugee camp with her family in Kenya before coming to the United States.[10] Omar got her start in politics in 2016, when she was elected to represent District 60B in the Minnesota House of Representatives.[11] She was first elected to Congress in 2018, becoming the first Somali-American member of Congress.[10] Omar was re-elected in 2018, 2020, and 2022, winning between 64.3% and 78% of the vote in general elections. Omar ran on her record in Congress, saying, "As a leader of the House Budget Committee and Progressive Caucus, I’ve continued to fight for the progressive values Minnesotans sent me to advocate for – whether it’s fighting to codify Roe v. Wade into law, addressing the opioid crisis or fighting for an assault weapons ban."[12]
Every Democratic member of U.S. House leadership except Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu (Hawaii) endorsed Omar: Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (Mass.), Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (Calif.), and Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (Colo.).[13][14] In 2022, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) was the only member of House Democratic leadership to endorse Omar.[13]
Samuels was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States for college.[15] He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial design in 1975 and an M.Div from Luther Seminary in 2001.[16] Samuels spent 30 years in the toy industry.[15][16] Samuels served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2003 to 2015.[17] From 2015 to 2019, Samuels served on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education.[18] Samuels said threats to democracy, public safety, and foreign policy were the three big themes of his campaign.[19] Samuels said, "In America today, failed policy choices deprive far too many of the opportunity to succeed. Too many of our neighbors can’t afford housing, healthcare, or a quality education. Our working-class communities are plagued by gun violence and lack the needed investment that spurs good-paying, stable employment."[20]
On June 17, the United Steelworkers and the International Union of Operating Engineers, two unions, endorsed Samuels.[21][22]
At the time of the election, Omar was widely referred to in the media as a member of the Squad, along with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), the three of whom won election in November 2018. According to CNN's Kate Sullivan, the Squad "have electrified the progressive base thanks to their social media savvy but have also attracted controversy, most notably over their criticism of the US relationship with Israel."[23] Samuels positioned himself as a pragmatic and less polarizing alternative to Omar, saying: "If there’s one virtue that Omar has is that she is consistent. She is consistently divisive and inappropriate. She’s consistently that way personally, locally, nationally and internationally.”[24] Omar said, "Tone-policing women, especially women of color, has been a tactic that has been used to attack us. And I believe that it is important for me to be decisive, to lead with integrity, to have clarity, to be accountable to my constituents, to be transparent and to be able to communicate with my constituents in a way that I feel is necessary.”[25]
In 2021, Omar endorsed Question 2, a Minneapolis measure that would have replaced the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety (DPS).[26] Samuels opposed Question 2.[27] Voters defeated the measure 56.17% to 43.83%.
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for Minnesota's 5th was D+30, meaning the Democratic candidate received, on average, 30 percentage points more votes than the national average.[28]
Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: Yes
Political Office:
- Minnesota's 5th Congressional District (Assumed office: 2019)
- Minnesota House of Representatives - District 60B (2017-2019)
Biography: Omar was born in Somalia. At age eight, Omar lived with her family in a refugee camp in Kenya for eight years, before coming to the U.S. Omar graduated from North Dakota State University with bachelors' degrees in 2011. Her professional experiences includes working as a teacher, campaign manager, and non-profit executive.
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Sources: Ilhan Omar 2024 campaign website, "Progress," accessed June 5, 2024; United States House of Representatives, "About Ilhan Omar," accessed June 5, 2024; Ilhan Omar 2024 campaign website, "Meet Ilhan," accessed June 5, 2024; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Omar, Ilhan," accessed June 5, 2024
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 in 2024.
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
- Minneapolis Board of Education (2014-2018)
- Minneapolis City Council (2003-2014)
Biography: Samuels was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States for college. His professional experiences includes working as a designer in the toy industry for 30 years and founding and running Microgrants, an organization that provides grants to low-income individuals.
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This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 in 2024.
Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: Yes
Political Office:
- Minnesota's 5th Congressional District (Assumed office: 2019)
- Minnesota House of Representatives - District 60B (2017-2019)
Biography: Omar was born in Somalia. At age eight, Omar lived with her family in a refugee camp in Kenya for eight years, before coming to the U.S. Omar graduated from North Dakota State University with bachelors' degrees in 2011. Her professional experiences includes working as a teacher, campaign manager, and non-profit executive.
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Sources: Ilhan Omar 2024 campaign website, "Progress," accessed June 5, 2024; United States House of Representatives, "About Ilhan Omar," accessed June 5, 2024; Ilhan Omar 2024 campaign website, "Meet Ilhan," accessed June 5, 2024; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Omar, Ilhan," accessed June 5, 2024
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I'm a born fighter, a freedom activist, geopolitical analyst, and award-winning journalist and I've been been proactive in fighting terrorism and oppression my entire adult life—whether it be through my reporting or through my work with U.S. forces in Iraq. I'm currently the Executive Director of the nonprofit American Center for Counter Extremism, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and the Minnesota GOP-endorsed candidate for U.S. Congress in MN-5"
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Minnesota
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Survey responses from candidates in this race
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Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilhan Omar | Democratic Party | $8,335,875 | $8,063,371 | $324,221 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Abena McKenzie | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Don Samuels | Democratic Party | $1,742,908 | $1,775,600 | $19,964 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Nate Schluter | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Dalia al-Aqidi | Republican Party | $2,270,919 | $2,232,000 | $38,919 | As of December 31, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[29]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[30][31][32]
| Race ratings: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. | |||||||||
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Minnesota in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Minnesota, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Minnesota | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party[33] | 1,000 | $300.00 | 6/4/2024 | Source |
| Minnesota | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1,000 | N/A | 6/4/2024 | Source |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Minnesota.
| Minnesota U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 62.5% | 6 | 85.7% | ||||
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 56.3% | 4 | 50.0% | ||||
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 62.5% | 6 | 75.0% | ||||
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 62.5% | 2 | 40.0% | ||||
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 50.0% | 3 | 42.9% | ||||
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 18.8% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Minnesota in 2024. Information below was calculated on July 10, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Twenty-nine candidates ran for Minnesota’s eight U.S. House districts, including 14 Democrats and 15 Republicans. That’s an average of 3.63 candidates per district. There were 4.00 candidates per district in 2022, 4.63 candidates per district in 2020 and 4.75 in 2018.
The 29 candidates who ran in Minnesota in 2024 are the fewest number of candidates since 2014, when 19 candidates ran.
The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district in Minnesota in 2024. Incumbent Rep. Dean Phillips (D-03) did not run for re-election to run for President of the United States.
Five candidates—four Democrats and one Republican—ran for the 5th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a district in Minnesota in 2024.
Ten primaries—four Democratic and six Republican—were contested in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 8.00 primaries were contested each election cycle.
Six incumbents—two Democrats and four Republicans—ran in contested primaries in 2024, tying with 2020 for the most in the last 10 years.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 5th the 20th most Democratic district nationally.[34]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
| 2020 presidential results in Minnesota's 5th based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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| 80.6% | 17.4% | |||
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[35] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
| Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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| 76.9 | 18.5 | D+58.5 | ||
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Minnesota, 2020
Minnesota presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 20 Democratic wins
- 10 Republican wins
- 1 other win
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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| Winning Party | R | R | R | P[36] | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Minnesota's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Minnesota | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Republican | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 8 | 10 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Minnesota's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
| State executive officials in Minnesota, May 2024 | |
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| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Tim Walz
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| Lieutenant Governor | Peggy Flanagan
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| Secretary of State | Steve Simon
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| Attorney General | Keith Ellison
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State legislature
Minnesota State Senate
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 34 | |
| Republican Party | 33 | |
| Independent | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | |
Minnesota House of Representatives
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 70 | |
| Republican Party | 60 | |
| Independent | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 134 | |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Minnesota Party Control: 1992-2024
Four years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | I | I | I | I | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Cicely Davis in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ilhan Omar (D) | 74.3 | 214,224 |
 | Cicely Davis (R) | 24.5 | 70,702 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 3,280 | ||
| Total votes: 288,206 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mickey Moore (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Don Samuels, Nate Schluter, A.J. Kern, and Albert T. Ross in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ilhan Omar | 50.3 | 57,683 |
| Don Samuels | 48.2 | 55,217 | |
| Nate Schluter | 0.6 | 671 | |
 | A.J. Kern | 0.5 | 519 | |
 | Albert T. Ross | 0.4 | 477 | |
| Total votes: 114,567 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Khanh Tran (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Cicely Davis defeated Royce White and Guy Gaskin in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cicely Davis | 48.0 | 4,765 |
 | Royce White | 37.2 | 3,689 | |
| Guy Gaskin | 14.9 | 1,476 | ||
| Total votes: 9,930 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Lacy Johnson, Mickey Moore, Toya Woodland, and Ervan Katari Miller in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ilhan Omar (D) | 64.3 | 255,924 |
 | Lacy Johnson (R) | 25.8 | 102,878 | |
 | Mickey Moore (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 9.5 | 37,979 | |
 | Toya Woodland (G) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 34 | |
| Ervan Katari Miller (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,448 | ||
| Total votes: 398,263 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chris Kelley (Independence Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Antone Melton-Meaux, John Mason, Daniel Patrick McCarthy, and Les Lester in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ilhan Omar | 58.2 | 103,535 |
 | Antone Melton-Meaux | 38.5 | 68,524 | |
 | John Mason | 1.5 | 2,721 | |
| Daniel Patrick McCarthy | 1.1 | 1,901 | ||
 | Les Lester | 0.7 | 1,267 | |
| Total votes: 177,948 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ervan Katari Miller (D)
- Leila Shukri Adan (D)
- Haji Yussuf (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Lacy Johnson defeated Danielle Stella and Dalia al-Aqidi in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lacy Johnson | 76.6 | 9,188 |
 | Danielle Stella | 18.6 | 2,236 | |
| Dalia al-Aqidi | 4.7 | 568 | |
| Total votes: 11,992 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Laverne Turner (R)
- Brent Whaley (R)
- Lucia Vogel (R)
- Alley Waterbury (R)
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Mickey Moore advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mickey Moore | 100.0 | 940 |
| Total votes: 940 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Ilhan Omar defeated Jennifer Zielinski in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ilhan Omar (D) | 78.0 | 267,703 |
 | Jennifer Zielinski (R) | 21.7 | 74,440 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,215 | ||
| Total votes: 343,358 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ilhan Omar | 48.2 | 65,237 |
 | Margaret Kelliher | 30.4 | 41,156 | |
 | Patricia Torres Ray | 13.0 | 17,629 | |
 | Jamal Abdulahi | 3.7 | 4,984 | |
 | Bobby Joe Champion | 2.8 | 3,831 | |
 | Frank Nelson Drake | 1.8 | 2,480 | |
| Total votes: 135,317 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Julie Sabo (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Jennifer Zielinski defeated Christopher Chamberlin and Bob Carney Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Zielinski | 56.5 | 8,680 |
 | Christopher Chamberlin | 32.5 | 4,999 | |
 | Bob Carney Jr. | 11.0 | 1,688 | |
| Total votes: 15,367 | |||
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ MinnPost, "Same players, new issues in Omar-Samuels rematch," April 18, 2024
- ↑ StarTribune, "Rep. Ilhan Omar wins DFL endorsement over Don Samuels at Minneapolis convention," May 11, 2024
- ↑ YouTube, "Rep. Ilhan Omar at the CD5 DFL Convention - 5/11/2024," May 11, 2024
- ↑ StarTribune, "Rep. Ilhan Omar wins DFL endorsement over Don Samuels at Minneapolis convention," May 11, 2024
- ↑ Axios Twin Cities, "U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar wins Democratic endorsement over primary challenger," May 13, 2024
- ↑ Blue Delaware, "The Political Report – May 19, 2024," May 19, 2024
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 NPR, "Somali Refugee Makes History In U.S. Election," November 10, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Reformer, "Rep. Ilhan Omar remains an international celebrity even as she fights to hold onto her district," May 10, 2024
- ↑ MinnPost, "Focusing on human rights, women’s rights and worker’s rights were my priorities in Congress in 2023," January 3, 2024
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ilhan Omar 2024 campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed June 18, 2024
- ↑ StarTribune, "Facing another primary challenge, Rep. Ilhan Omar endorsed by top U.S. House Democrats," August 30, 2023
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Don Samuels 2024 campaign website, "Meet Don," accessed June 4, 2024
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 LinkedIn, "Don Samuels," accessed June 3, 2024
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Don Samuels," accessed June 8, 2024
- ↑ MinnPost, "Same players, new issues in Omar-Samuels rematch," April 18, 2024
- ↑ Jewish Insider, "Don Samuels announces rematch against Ilhan Omar," November 13, 2023
- ↑ Don Samuels 2024 campaign website, "On the Issues," accessed June 3, 2024
- ↑ Mshale, "Don Samuels secures his first union endorsements in congressional bid," June 18, 2024
- ↑ Don Samuels X account, "Union endorsements," June 17, 2024
- ↑ [https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/who-are-the-squad/index.html CNN, "Here are the 4 congresswomen known as ‘The Squad’ targeted by Trump’s racist tweets," July 16, 2019
- ↑ Forward, "Why Don Samuels believes he can beat Ilhan Omar in 2024 rematch," November 12, 2023
- ↑ MinnPost, "Same players, new issues in Omar-Samuels rematch," April 18, 2024
- ↑ Democracy Now, "Rep. Ilhan Omar Backs Ballot Initiative to Abolish Minneapolis Police & Create New Public Safety Department," August 5, 2021
- ↑ Don Samuels 2024 campaign website, "PUBLIC SAFETY FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD," accessed June 8, 2024
- ↑ The Cook Political Report, "2022 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List," July 12, 2022
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
- ↑ Progressive Party
