Representative · Minnesota's 5th district

Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar is a Democratic representative for Minnesota's 5th district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 15, and cast 458 of 463 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6752.2%15 of 675 · rank 180 of 43999%458 of 463 · rank 150 of 439190 became law10%46 of 465
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2221.8%22 of 1,222 · rank 266 of 44298%824 of 837 · rank 161 of 442250 became law7%37 of 534
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.1%11 of 997 · rank 203 of 44399%562 of 566 · rank 109 of 443352 became law4%25 of 595

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.30+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 232–199· Against party
  2. H.R. 2913: Ukraine Support ActNay
    Jun 4, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 226–195· Against party
  3. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  4. H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 219–211· Against party
  5. H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl ActNay
    Feb 6, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 182–226· Against party
  6. H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
  7. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
  8. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

79 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced7696%
  2. Passed one chamber11.3%
  3. Became law22.5%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs25
  2. Crime and Law Enforcement12
  3. Agriculture and Food9
  4. Government Operations and Politics6
  5. Housing and Community Development5
  6. Immigration5
  7. Taxation4
  8. Environmental Protection3

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10503 To establish a Federal grant program to reimburse certain States for the costs incurred and damage caused by widespread deployment of Federal immigration officials, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Immigration· Sep 17, 2026
  2. H.Res. 1435 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jul 15, 2026
  3. H.R. 9526 Protecting Europe from Islamophobia Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jun 29, 2026
  4. H.R. 8988 Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act of 2026
    Introduced· Taxation· May 21, 2026
  5. H.R. 8798 Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· May 13, 2026
  6. H.R. 5720 Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2025
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Oct 8, 2025
  7. H.R. 5655 No Shame at School Act of 2025
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Sep 30, 2025
  8. H.Con.Res. 51 To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 23, 2025

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Minnesota's 5th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$456.4M
Per resident
$646
Rank in Minnesota
1 of 8
Contract actions
3,348
New awards: 2,130

By fiscal year

  1. 571MFY2017
  2. 650.9MFY2018
  3. 826.3MFY2019
  4. 720.2MFY2020
  5. 778MFY2021
  6. 660.4MFY2022
  7. 690.3MFY2023
  8. 608.7MFY2024
  9. 493.2MFY2025
  10. 456.4MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$133.7M29%
  2. Department of the Army$94.6M21%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Navy$72.2M16%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Contract Management Agency$29M6.3%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of State$18.4M4.0%
  6. Social Security Administration$16.7M3.7%
  7. Defense Logistics Agency$16.4M3.6%
    Department of Defense
  8. Public Buildings Service$13M2.8%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. CUMMINS POWER GENERATION INC.$85.4M19%
    15 awards
  2. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$68.4M15%
    86 awards
  3. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$30.8M6.8%
    1 award
  4. MG FACILITY SERVICES, LLC$18.6M4.1%
    1 award
  5. LANGUAGE SELECT, LLC$16.6M3.6%
    2 awards
  6. GREENSTONE CONSTRUCTION, INC.$11.4M2.5%
    3 awards
  7. MEDTRONIC USA INC$10.1M2.2%
    585 awards
  8. MEDTRONIC INC$9.3M2.0%
    149 awards
  9. HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$9.1M2.0%
    3 awards
  10. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$7.6M1.7%
    32 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$5.8M
through Jul 22, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.3M
From committees
$102.8K
26 committees
From contractor PACs
$2,500
1 PACs · 2% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee$2,500INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization—

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$5.8M$102.8K$2,5001 PACs · 2% of committee money
2024$8.3M$232.3K$7,5001 PACs · 3% of committee money
2022$3.1M$274.6K$3,5002 PACs · 1% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Minnesota's 5th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Minnesota's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Minnesota's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Minnesota's 5th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
omar.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4755
Office
1730 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.