Which US state does Ilhan Omar represent in Congress?
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She has represented a Minnesota seat in the US House since January 2019, after two years in the Minnesota state legislature.
In which city was Omar born in October 1982?
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She was born in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on 4 October 1982, the youngest of seven children.
Which numbered Minnesota congressional district does she hold?
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Minnesota’s fifth district covers Minneapolis and several inner suburbs, and she has held it since the 2018 election.
Under which party label does she appear on the Minnesota ballot?
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Minnesota’s Democratic affiliate has been the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party since a 1944 merger, and candidates run under that name.
In which country did her family spend four years in a refugee camp complex after leaving Somalia?
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The family spent four years in the Dadaab camp complex in north-eastern Kenya before being resettled in the United States in 1995.
What is the annual salary of a rank-and-file member of the US House?
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The rate has been $174,000 since 2009, which is the single largest documented figure in her finances.
In which year was Omar first sworn in to the US House?
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She was sworn in on 3 January 2019, having won the seat the previous November.
What is her 2020 memoir called?
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This Is What America Looks Like was published in May 2020, written with the collaborator Rebecca Paley.
What did she do at local party caucuses in Minneapolis as a teenager?
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Interpreting for her grandfather at caucuses was her first sight of Minnesota politics from the inside.
How many terms in Congress had she won by the end of 2024?
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She won in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024, and filed for a fifth term in May 2026.
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