(The Center Square) – Voters across Minnesota cast ballots Tuesday night to pick party nominees in key U.S. House of Representatives races.
In the race for the state’s 5th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was leading in the Democratic primary with 76.3% of the vote, with 3% counted. As of 9:45 p.m. central time it was still too early to call, though.
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