(KSTP) Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has become a lightning rod for controversy in her less than two years representing Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. Now, she’s beginning to attract challengers for the 2020 election.
“I think there are a lot of disaffected moderate Democrats out there and Republicans who are not happy with their parties and who may, if we do a good campaign, may take a look at us,” Independence Party candidate Chris Kelley told 5 Eyewitness News on Thursday. Kelley will officially launch his campaign for the Independence Party endorsement on Monday.
Kelley said he was first motivated to run for Omar’s seat after comments she made in April at a meeting of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) when he said she seemed to dismiss the 9/11 terrorist attack.
