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Omar's victory forms part of a wider Democratic comeback in the November 2026 midterm elections, with the party emerging with control of both chambers of the US Congress.
Obama said the administration’s actions against Omar, a Democrat representing Minnesota, violate “a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.”
A US Justice Department spokesperson said Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a judicially authorised search warrant at the residence on Monday morning.
With more than 95 per cent of the votes counted, unofficial results cited by The New York Times showed Omar leading with 122,640 votes. Julie Trang Le had 10,201 votes, followed by Latonya T. Reeves with 9,131.