In Minnesota, Democratic nominee Ilhan Omar has criticized what she calls the “Israeli apartheid regime.” And in Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, has called for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has opposed aid to Israel. ..…

Fellow Muslim Ilhan Omar, Minnesota's first Somali-American legislator, became the first woman of color from the state elected to Congress. . . ..…

And many are poised to mark historic firsts, including Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Sharice Davids of Kansas. According to figures tallied by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers, 428 women ran for Congress or governor as Democrats, compared..…

Omar, Democratic Minnesota state representative, already the nation's first Somali-American, 's first woman of color elected to Congress. ..…