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Minnesota’s most closely watched primary race on Tuesday night was the contest between Rep. Ilhan Omar and Antone Melton-Meaux in the Fifth Congressional District.
The district, which covers Minneapolis and some of its surrounding suburbs, is one of the most liberal in the country, and whoever wins the DFL primary in it is basically guaranteed a seat in Congress.
In a primary challenge against incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar, attorney Antone Melton-Meaux positioned himself as an alternative to the high-profile first term representative. Omar is a member of the progressive “Squad” who has attracted both praise and controversy in her two years in Congress.
Omar was declared the winner on election night, and while votes will be trickling in in the coming days, as of publication, she had 57 percent of votes, compared to Melton-Meaux’s 39 percent. (Vote totals in this article are as of about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.)
Taking a look at where those votes came from, though, showed that while Melton-Meaux was competitive with Omar in many of the district’s suburbs — even defeating her in some, he could not overcome the incumbent’s massive lead in the city of Minneapolis itself.
Winning Minneapolis
As of Wednesday morning, Omar won 66,068 votes in Minneapolis, almost double Melton-Meaux’s total of 35,234. Those votes represented 63 percent of votes cast in the race.
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Melton-Meaux found more success in the suburbs, winning in St. Louis Park, Golden Valley and Edina. But he was bested by Omar in several, including Richfield, Columbia Heights and Crystal.
Within Minneapolis
Within Minneapolis itself, Omar carried most of the city’s wards by large margins. Melton-Meaux won in Ward 13, the far Southwest portion of the city that borders Edina. Melton-Meaux also nearly tied Omar in Ward 7, the Kenwood area.
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I think it’s healthy for leftist suburbanites to get a taste of disenfranchisement.
Having said that, I do think Omar is the perfect person to represent the people of Minneapolis.
I think you are misusing the term “disenfranchisement.”
I think that, like Don Trump, Mr. Senker is saying the quiet part out loud. When rightists are in power, they disenfranchise their opponents. Surely you’ve heard of voter suppression laws.
It all depends on whose ox is being gored.
If we’re dealing with white people, “disenfranchisement” means they will be represented by someone of an “unsuitable” demographic. It can also mean that they don’t get their own way on policy decisions.
When it’s anyone else, it means . . . actually, I’m not so sure they think it’s all that bad.
It looks like Money doesn’t like Ilhan. St. Louis Park, Edina, Golden Valley, Kenwood and So. West. Mlps. All the areas where wealth lives. That makes me like her all the more.
Melton-Meaux was a bought-and-paid-for lackey of the Israel Lobby. Pat Buchanan once said that Congress is “Israeli-occupied territory.” We don’t need to send another Israel-Firster. . . .
She’s a voice that needs to be heard.
I’m just surprised there are so many people who voted to maintain the healthcare status quo, especially after this pandemic experience.
As a Minneapolis resident, I received at least 3 push polls from Milton-Meaux’s campaign or its supporters, chock full of GOP talking points and misrepresentations about Omar. Whether my fellow Minneapolitans called the pollsters out or not, as I did, her re-election makes me reasonably sure they recognized the con. We may be crazy (for aspiring to a different way), but we’re not stupid.