No, Ilhan Omar Won’t Lose in November Because of the Criminal Investigation

The Guardian’s Moira Donegan writes that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s search of the Washington home of Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar “was meant to cast an air of suspicion and criminality over the Democratic candidates who, like Omar, are facing the voters in a matter of weeks.”

Let me put Donegan’s mind at ease. Omar represents Minnesota’s fifth congressional district, covering Minneapolis, which scores a D+32 in the Cook Partisan Voting Index. Omar was reelected with more than 74 percent of the vote in the 2024 general election. Two years before that, she won with 74 percent of the vote. Two years before that, she won with 64 percent of the vote in a three-way race. Two years before that, she won with 78 percent of the vote.

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The Guardian’s Moira Donegan writes that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s search of the Washington home of Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar “was meant to cast an air of suspicion and criminality over the Democratic candidates who, like Omar, are facing the voters in a matter of weeks.”

Let me put Donegan’s mind at ease. Omar represents Minnesota’s fifth congressional district, covering Minneapolis, which scores a D+32 in the Cook Partisan Voting Index. Omar was reelected with more than 74 percent of the vote in the 2024 general election. Two years before that, she won with 74 percent of the vote. Two years before that, she won with 64 percent of the vote in a three-way race. Two years before that, she won with 78 percent of the vote.