Ilhan Omar faces Democratic primary challenge from ex-Minneapolis official

Don Samuels says he will once again run after being narrowly defeated by the twice-elected congresswoman in 2022

Ilhan Omar got a prominent Democratic primary challenger Sunday when former Minneapolis city council member Don Samuels announced he'll try once again to unseat the representative after coming close in 2022.

Omar, a charter member of the squad" of progressive House Democrats, won re-election twice despite making comments in her first term that were widely criticized for invoking antisemitic tropes and suggesting Jewish Americans have divided loyalties. But Omar - a Somali American and Muslim - has come under renewed fire for condemning the Israeli government's war in Gaza.