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2026 Minnesota House race, District 5

Ilhan Omar (Democrat), John Nagel (Republican) and DeVelle L. Jackson (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Minnesota District 5, as recorded September 21, 2026.

The November ballot

Omar
$5.8M
Nagel
$747K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: DeVelle L. Jackson (Independent).

Official candidate list: Minnesota Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Ilhan Omar

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2019 · Age 45

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Minnesota

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 21 days before, or same-day through Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 151,949 votes

  • Ilhan Omar Won: 80.7% 122,640
  • Julie Le: 6.7% 10,201
  • Latonya Reeves: 6.0% 9,131
  • Nate Schluter: 5.3% 8,016
  • Abena McKenzie: 1.3% 1,961

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Minnesota Secretary of State certified primary results data. Certified August 18, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$7.9M
Outside money
$3.8K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Omar$3.8K
Opposing Omar-
Supporting Nagel-
Opposing Nagel-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

64%$3.7MSmall donors$573K77%
32%$1.9MLarge donors$174K23%
1%$74KPACs$263<1%
3%$187KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

4 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
707K
Median household income
$84K
Unemployment
5.5%
Living below the poverty line
13.5%
Without health insurance
5.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

D+50 in 2024

  • Ilhan Omar Won: 74.4%
  • Dalia Al-Aqidi: 24.6%

351,047 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 1.0%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between July 22, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.