MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – Ilhan Omar made history last week, poised to become the first Somali-American candidate elected to a state house anywhere in the United States. But she’s now facing a slew of questions, and not giving a lot of answers, about marriage certificates and the identity of her legal husband.
The story has been bubbling to the surface since Omar defeated veteran lawmaker Phyllis Kahn in the 60B primary – a district which includes the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. Omar, whose campaign biography says she spent 4 years in a Kenyan refugee camp before settling in Minneapolis in 1997, is a heavy favorite to win the November general election in her DFL stronghold district.
