Omar breaks ‘Squad’ los­ing streak with pri­ma­ry vic­to­ry

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D‑Minn, was able to avoid the recent fate of some of her oth­er “Squad” mem­bers in Con­gress, com­ing away with the win in the Demo­c­rat pri­ma­ry for Minnesota’s 5th Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict on Tuesday.The race fea­tured anoth­er mem­ber of the so-called “Squad” fac­ing off with a pri­ma­ry chal­lenger, with Don Samuels, Abena McKen­zie and Nate Schluter look­ing to make Omar the third mem­ber of the pro­gres­sive group to lose a pri­ma­ry chal­lenge in this cycle.MINNESOTA RIOTS CONTINUED AFTER WALZ TOOK ‘RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE’ THERE WOULDN’T BE CHAOS­The race fea­tured a rematch between Omar and Samuels, who the incum­bent rep­re­sen­ta­tive nar­row­ly escaped los­ing to in a 2022 pri­ma­ry chal­lenge, inch­ing out a win over Samuels by just under two per­cent­age points before eas­i­ly coast­ing to re-elec­tion in …