Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has won re-election to the United States House of Representatives, securing another term representing Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District despite repeated attacks from President Donald Trump.
Omar secured 76.64 per cent of the votes cast, according to results cited by SaharaReporters, following the November 3, 2026, US midterm elections.
Her victory comes amid an escalating political confrontation with Trump, who had repeatedly criticised the Minnesota lawmaker, questioned her identity and called for her resignation shortly before the election.
In October, Trump demanded that Omar resign after a United States Department of Justice court filing referred to her as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar” in a document connected to a federal investigation involving her immigration records.
Trump seized on the filing to revive allegations of identity fraud and called on Omar to leave Congress immediately. He also urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to recognise her seat as vacant.
However, the court filing did not establish that Omar had committed identity fraud, and she has not been convicted of any such offence.
Omar rejected the allegations, accusing Trump of using the Justice Department to promote conspiracy theories and intimidate his political opponents.
“Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine,” she wrote on X, adding that her name had always been Ilhan Omar.
The controversy followed a federal search of Omar’s Washington, DC, residence on October 12 as part of an investigation reportedly examining immigration and citizenship records. The congresswoman denied wrongdoing and accused the Trump administration of weaponising federal law enforcement against her.
Omar, who arrived in the United States from Somalia as a teenager and became a US citizen in 2000, has repeatedly faced criticism from Trump over her Somali background and opposition to his administration.
Her re-election represents a political setback for Trump, whose criticism of the congresswoman intensified in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections.
Omar first entered Congress in January 2019, becoming one of the first two Muslim women elected to the US House of Representatives, alongside Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
She is also a prominent member of the progressive Democratic group known as the ‘Squad’.
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