Ilhan Omar Projected To Win Minnesota's 5th District
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is projected to be re-elected to Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is projected to be re-elected to Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.
Democrats believe the turnout will top the modern day record of 77% set back in 2008, and they think that is going to benefit them and power them to victory.
Four years ago was a clear indication that Minnesota's label as a blue state was shifting to purple – with how closely President Trump came to winning here. But all bets are off in this year of COVID-19 and record-breaking early voting.
After shattering early voting records, Wisconsin voters from the rural north to the urban southeast came out in force on an unusually warm Election Day, even as coronavirus cases reached new heights and political tensions ran high in the battleground state.
Security and safety is top of mind for many around the country on Election Day, including in Minnesota.
Officials have identified the man fatally shot over the weekend in Crystal.
Minneapolis has broken its general election voter turnout record, with just hours left to go before the polls close.
The murmurs spread quickly among the poll workers late Tuesday morning at a Brooklyn neighborhood station: George Floyd's brother was present.
With so many people to track lately, Minnesota's Department of Health calls it a daunting task. Now, more people are coming forward to say their contact tracing didn't happen as promised.
It was relatively quiet at the polling places across the metro Tuesday. There were some lines when the polls opened, but voters said they cleared relatively quickly.
There were no lines at polling places in Burnsville on Tuesday.
At Phyllis Wheatley Community Center and around other polling sites in North Minneapolis, the longest lines were seen on Tuesday morning, before the polls opened. Once people were allowed inside, lines moved fast.
A polling location in St. Paul was temporarily locked down following a nearby shooting Tuesday afternoon.
