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Omar's Relatives Get Subpoenas in Immigration…: Ilhan Omar
The article discusses Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5) in the context of scrutiny over a federal investigation related to her family’s immigration history.
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John Nagel, a Republican retired police officer and 2024 nominee for the Minnesota House of Representatives, faces Democratic-Farmer-Labor incumbent Ilhan Omar for Minnesota's 5th congressional district in 2026.
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Ilhan Omar Faces Federal Investigation as She Seeks Reelection in Minnesota’s 5th District
John Nagel is the Republican candidate facing incumbent Ilhan Omar in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District (MN-5) for the 2026 election.
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2026 race
John Nagel, a retired police officer, is the Republican nominee in the 2026 election for Minnesota's 5th congressional district, which encompasses eastern Hennepin County, including all of Minneapolis.
The seat is held by Democratic-Farmer-Labor incumbent Ilhan Omar, who was re-elected with 74.3% of the vote in 2024. Nagel was his party's nominee for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 46A in 2024.
He won the 2026 Republican primary with 52.2% of the vote, defeating retired journalist Dalia Al-Aqidi, the party's 2024 nominee for the seat, along with businesswoman Angie Windhauser and Abbey Zieska.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, Nagel faces Omar, who won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary with 80.7% of the vote.