The file

Ilhan Omar

Democratic · U.S. Representative, Minnesota-5 · Minnesota · Spectrum score -73

House · Squad · 2026 ballot ·

Ilhan Omar is U.S. Representative, Minnesota-5 in Minnesota. Political positions and ideology score -73 (Far left). Omar is covered as a symbol.

College: North Dakota State University, B.A. 2011
Spouse: Tim Mynett (m. 2020). Previously Ahmed Elmi, Ahmed Hirsi (both div.)
Children: Three
Résumé: U.S. Representative · Minnesota-5 · 2019–
Minnesota House of Representatives · 2017–2019
Policy aide / nutrition coordinator · Minnesota public agencies · 2012–2016

Net worth: $1.2M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $150K
2026 raised: $6.4M
Years in office: 9

Where Ilhan stands on the spectrum

Ilhan Omar scores -73 on Spectrum’s left–right line (far left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -73 · Far left · economic -78 · social -72 · authoritarian -41

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Omar is covered as a symbol. The file is a safe-seat progressive whose national money is online and coastal, whose local machine is Somali Minneapolis, and whose ethics clutter (taxes, the consultant) never got a boring accountant’s hearing because both sides wanted a culture war instead.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$1.2M

+700% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$150K

Now$1.2M

State legislator money was thin. Campaign, book, and speaking filled it in. Divorce and tax-lien stories are the tabloid layer; the FEC file is the adult one.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $6.4M
Cash on hand: $1.8M

Top industries

Small-dollar
PACs
CAIR-adjacent
Unions

Stock holdings

No reportable individual stock

Campaign and book, not a brokerage. Latest House file is retirement-thin, not a ticker list.

2024–25 disclosure · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

Nothing reportable as individual common stock on the latest file.

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

Campaign-money-to-divorce-consultant stories from 2018–20 that her team calls recycled.
Foreign-policy small-dollar base that does not match Minnesota’s median voter.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -78
Social: -72
Authoritarian: -41
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-76
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-82
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-80
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-74
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-78
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-82
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-86
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-76
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-60
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-72
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-62
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-50
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.71

Compass

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Sources

DW-NOMINATE
House record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.