Rep. Omar raised over $800,000 in the first 3 months of the year, putting her at the level of top fundraisers among House Democrats.
Joshua Roberts / Reuters fileGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Rep. Ilhan Omar raised over $800,000 in the first three months of the year, putting her at the level of top fundraisers among House Democrats, as she was at the center of political controversies and accused of using anti-Semitic tropes about U.S. political support for Israel, according to campaign finance reports.
Omar, who is both the first Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, raised about $832,000 in the first quarterAbout half of her total, $415,000, came from people who gave Omar less than $200,, noting that more than $600,000 came from donors who sent her funds via ActBlue, a Democratic online fundraising platform.
The Omar campaign has $607,000 in cash on hand as of March 31, having spent $241,000 during the first months of 2019, according to the FEC report.Earlier this year, Omar came under criticism within her own caucus for her commentary about Israel, which led to a condemnation of her comments from House Democratic leadership in February. Omar apologized for the commentary only to be accused of similarly anti-Semitic statements soon after.
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