On June 5, 2018, Omar filed to run for U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district after Representative Keith Ellison announced that he would not seek reelection.[28] On June 17, she was endorsed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party after two rounds of voting.[29] She won the August 14 primary.[30] She faced health care worker and conservative activist Jennifer Zielinski in the November 6 general election, which she won.[31] On election, she and former Michigan state representative Rashida Tlaib became the first Muslim women elected to the United States Congress.[32]