Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Ilhan Omar

- Office
- U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 5th district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- Minneapolis, MN
- Born
- 1981
- In Congress
- House since 2019 · 7 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- OMAR, ILHAN
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Minnesota, District 5
Official websiteX (Twitter)FEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H8MN05239 · Principal campaign committee: ILHAN FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Minnesota District 5 | $6,372,338.91 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Minnesota District 5 | $8,335,875.08 | Won the general election (74.4%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Minnesota District 5 | $3,111,917.52 | Won the general election (74.3%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Minnesota District 5 | $5,810,874.12 | Won the general election (64.3%) |
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$5,455,279.1094%
- PACs and other committees$200,742.813%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$128,978.132%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$25,874.080%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce
- Higher Education and Workforce Development
- Workforce Protections Ranking Member
- House Committee on the Budget
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
50 committees reported giving $206,486.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC$7,500.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$7,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACPAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST - JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$5,000.00
- COURAGE TO CHANGELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HIGHER HEIGHTS FOR AMERICA PACPAC$4,500.00
- SUNRISE PACHybrid PAC$4,293.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$3,500.00
Show all 50 committees
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$3,000.00
- WAY TO LEAD PACHybrid PAC$2,800.00
- POWER OF US PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICA NOWLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- EQUALITY PACPAC$1,500.00
- BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,500.00
- BERNIE 2020Candidate committee$1,500.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,231.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PAKISTANI AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAK-PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNCandidate committee$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- BUILD OUR MOVEMENT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$550.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$12.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Ilhan Omar$249,629.46
- Independent expenditures opposing Ilhan Omar$2,451,263.21
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- AMERICANS FOR TOMORROW'S FUTUREOpposing$2,417,699.00
- TAKEACTION MN FEDERAL FUNDSupporting$132,369.00
- WFP IE COMMITTEESupporting$46,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Supporting$37,388.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONSupporting$15,922.00
- ALLIANCE TO COMBAT EXTREMISM FUND INC.Opposing$14,864.00
- STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER PACOpposing$12,482.00
- UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PACSupporting$6,614.00
- THE COLLECTIVE SUPER PACSupporting$5,000.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONSupporting$2,112.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOSupporting$1,144.00
- AFSCME COUNCIL 5Supporting$1,144.00
The race
Minnesota U.S. House, District 5, 2020 · 10 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilhan Omar (D) | $5,810,874.12 | $167,769.73 | 2020-12-31 |
| Lacy Johnson (R) | $12,195,123.85 | $49,668.10 | 2020-12-31 |
| Antone Melton-Meaux (D) | $4,674,696.83 | $23,707.76 | 2020-12-31 |
| Chris Kelley (IDP) | $249,787.84 | $0.00 | 2020-07-02 |
| Dalia Al-Aqidi (R) | $184,492.63 | $250.44 | 2020-12-31 |
| Danielle Stella (R) | $139,968.54 | $0.00 | 2020-09-24 |
| John Mason (D) | $111,679.79 | $313.98 | 2020-12-31 |
| Alley Waterbury (R) | $6,168.30 | $0.00 | 2020-01-31 |
| Lucia Marina Vogel (R) | $1,062.86 | $0.00 | 2020-06-30 |
| Ervan Katari Miller (D) | $255.00 | $67.62 | 2019-09-16 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: ILHAN FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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