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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Ilhan Omar is elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Somali immigrant to Minnesota, she is the first Somali American and Muslim woman to serve in the state legislature. In 2018, she became the first Somali American elected to the United States Congress.
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