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Ilhan Omar, a candidate for State Representative for District 60B in Minnesota, gives an acceptance speech on election night, November 8, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - Omar, a refugee from Somalia, is the first Somali-American Muslim woman to hold public office. (Photo by STEPHEN MATUREN / AFP) (Photo credit should read STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP via Getty Images)

Ilhan Omar, a candidate for State Representative for District 60B in Minnesota, gives an acceptance speech on election night, November 8, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - Omar, a refugee from Somalia, is the first Somali-American Muslim woman to hold public office. (Photo by STEPHEN MATUREN / AFP)        (Photo credit should read STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP via Getty Images)