The Minnesota Democrat, Omar secured 76.45 per cent of the votes in unofficial election results, weeks after the US president accused her of using a false identity to enter Congress.
Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has won another term in the United States House of Representatives, defeating her Republican challenger in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District despite President Donald Trump’s demand that she resign over allegations concerning her identity.
Unofficial results published by the Minnesota Secretary of State showed that Ilhan secured 261,920 votes, representing 76.45 per cent, against Republican candidate John Nagel, who received 55,698 votes, or 16.26 per cent, with independent candidate DeVelle L Jackson polling 24,064 votes.
The results followed the November 3, 2026, US midterm elections, which determined congressional representation across the country. Omar’s victory came after Trump intensified his criticism of the Minnesota lawmaker and publicly questioned her eligibility to remain in Congress.
Her re-election is politically significant because it gives her another congressional term despite the controversy surrounding her identity and the president’s public campaign against her. It also means voters in her district have returned her to Washington while the allegations against her remain disputed.
Trump’s demand for Omar’s resignation
The confrontation intensified in October after a United States Department of Justice court filing identified the congresswoman using an additional name.
According to the document dated October 21, 2026, Ilhan was identified as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar” in a filing connected to a federal investigation involving her immigration and citizenship records.
Trump seized on the document to question her identity and demand that she leave Congress.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, the president wrote: “Because she used a fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must IMMEDIATELY resign from Congress.”
He also called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to recognise Ilhan’s congressional seat as vacant.
Trump’s accusation revived longstanding political claims surrounding Ilhan previous marriage and questions about her identity. However, the existence of an alternative name in the court filing does not, by itself, establish that she committed identity fraud.
An October 23 report by Anadolu Agency noted that the filing did not establish that Ilhan had used a fraudulent identity. The congresswoman had also not been convicted of such an offence at the time of the report.
Omar rejects allegations against her
Omar strongly rejected Trump’s claims, insisting that her name had always been Ilhan Omar.
Responding to the president’s criticism in a post on X, she accused him of repeatedly bringing up her name whenever his administration faced negative publicity.
“Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine,” she wrote.
She added: “So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.”
Her spokesperson also dismissed the allegation, insisting that Ilhan Omar was her real name
According to Anadolu Agency, the spokesperson told Fox News that the allegation was “completely false” and maintained that the congresswoman’s name was Ilhan Omar.
Ilhan also accused the Trump administration of using federal law enforcement to intimidate political opponents.
The dispute followed a federal search of her Washington, DC, residence on October 12, 2026, as part of an investigation reportedly examining immigration and citizenship records.
The congresswoman denied wrongdoing.
What the election results show
Figures published by the Minnesota Secretary of State provide an independent basis for assessing Omar’s performance in the election.
The state’s unofficial results showed that she received 261,920 votes, while Nagel polled 55,698 and Jackson received 24,064.
Omar’s 76.45 per cent share placed her well ahead of the two other candidates in the congressional district.
The result is slightly different from the 76.64 per cent reported by SaharaReporters in its November 4 publication. The official state election page reviewed for this report showed 76.45 per cent, based on 89.79 per cent of precincts reporting as of 11:48 p.m. on November 3.
The distinction matters because the figures are election-night returns, not certified final results.
The Minnesota Secretary of State stated that results for state and federal offices would remain unofficial until the State Canvassing Board met on November 19, 2026, to certify them.
Omar’s political history also provides context for the result. She first entered Congress in January 2019 and became one of the first two Muslim women elected to the US House of Representatives, alongside Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib.
She is also a prominent member of the progressive Democratic group known as the Squad.
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