Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) wins Primary. The Squad is Strong.

Ilhan Omar has won the Democratic primary election in MN05 after a contentious campaign against a well financed opponent. This follows similar wins by Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) and AOC (D-NY-14). Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7) is running unopposed next month. Following the announcement of Kamala Harris as the VP pick, this is a great day for progressives.

Ilhan Omar has won re-election. Congratulations @IlhanMN!

The Squad is here to stay and it’s doubled in size. 🌹✊🏽 #MN05 pic.twitter.com/KFmshX9wxv

— david 🌹🌻 (@realDavidOnline) August 12, 2020

Despite all the manufactured hype and money spent attacking them, The Squad is winning, it's growing, and is here to stay.@IlhanMN fights for her constituents with courage and a positive progressive vision.

Congratulations #MN05! pic.twitter.com/GAcs4XwKph

— Justice Democrats (@justicedems) August 12, 2020

Statement by Rep. Ilhan Omar —

In Minnesota, we know that organized people will always beat organized money.

Tonight, our movement didn’t just win. We earned a mandate for change. Despite outside efforts to defeat us, we once again broke turnout records.

Despite the attacks, our support has only grown.

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 12, 2020

• This election isn’t about me. It’s about an agenda rooted in people’s everyday struggles—and the corporations and rightwing donors who are threatened by it.
• It’s about standing up to a President who promised to ban an entire group of people from this country based solely on their Muslim identity, calls our countries of origin ‘shithole countries,’ and threatened to send us back to where we came from.
• It’s about standing up for the basic human rights around the world—and fighting a military-industrial complex that opposes the recognition of people’s humanity and dignity.
• It has been the honor of my life to represent you in Congress and I look forward to continuing to serve the people of the 5th District in the years to come.

Some analysis of her win -

#mn05 map and it’s about what Ilhan supporters hoped. City: solid Ilhan. Burbs: Antone. Omar btw won most of the North Side & almost all of the South. pic.twitter.com/c4AwdtpGQC

— David Brauer (@dbrauer) August 12, 2020

I’ll look forward to #mn05 post-mortems but here’s the thing:
- Ilhan is an organizer. Surrounds herself with organizers. They organize the shit out of things.
- That armchair analysis that “she’s working hard, she must be sweating/losing”? Organizers organize regardless. https://t.co/tcxRVTDZRs

— David Brauer (@dbrauer) August 12, 2020

The Squad is strong and growing -

- AOC won her primary by 60 pts
- Rashida Tlaib won her primary by 30 pots
- Mary Newman, Cori Bush, and Jamaal Bowman all beat entrenched incumbents
- Ilhan Omar won TONIGHT against a well financed challenger

The squad isn’t “surviving” - they’re thriving and growing

— mikala (@mikalapaula) August 12, 2020

Congrats @IlhanMN!!

Conservative Dems just took swings at three women of color, and went zero for three. #TheSquad and their new transformational brand of leadership is officially here to stay and we are proud to be in this fight alongside them every day. pic.twitter.com/Ova1fDDEsS

— Working Families Party 🐺 (@WorkingFamilies) August 12, 2020

Our squad is big! https://t.co/qo1K0l5r1v

— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 12, 2020

The Democratic party is strong and growing. Let’s keep the momentum going into November.