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U.S. Representative · MN · District 5

Ilhan Omar

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

47% of the money Omar raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 98% of the House.

Omar raised $8.3M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $324K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

47%from small donors
Small donors
47%$3.9M
Large donors
48%$4.0M
Bundled
0%$0.0M
PACs
3%$0.2M
Other
2%$0.2M

Against the house

How Omar compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
47%vs 5% house median
PAC share
3%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Omar

The organizations behind the money.

Omar's largest organized backing comes from American Federation Of Teachers, Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Omar

American Federation Of Teachers, Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education›

$10K

The American Federation of Teachers' political committee, representing teachers and school staff.

Who it funds, across Congress

99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.4M to 205 members

Velvet Hammer PAC›$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

95% Democrats · 2% Republicans · $295K to 33 members

Unite Here Tip Campaign Committee›$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $575K to 90 members

American Crystal Sugar Company PAC›$10K

American Crystal Sugar's PAC, a sugar-beet cooperative and one of the most active agricultural givers.

Who it funds, across Congress

56% Democrats · 44% Republicans · $2.7M to 317 members

Seiu Cope›$10K

SEIU COPE, the political fund of the Service Employees International Union, representing health-care, janitorial, and public-service workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.6M to 202 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $2.0M to elect Democrats; $634K to defeat Republicans.

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Omar's backing, not just the individual groups.

$75KLabor
$40KIdeological
$14KHealth
$14KAg & Food
$8KReal Estate

Plus $41K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Omar

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Omar, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Omar.

All outside groups90% to help, 10% to hurt$609K
  1. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party$323K
    To help Omar
    $323K
    To hurt Omar
    —
  2. Takeaction Mn Federal Fund$148K
    To help Omar
    $148K
    To hurt Omar
    —
  3. National Nurses United For Patient Protection$63K
    To help Omar
    $63K
    To hurt Omar
    —
  4. Make A Difference Mn$51K
    To help Omar
    —
    To hurt Omar
    $51K
  5. We Decide$12K
    To help Omar
    —
    To hurt Omar
    $12K

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 50 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to Omar's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Omar stands