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Omar ekes out House primary win over centrist in Minnesota

FILE - Former Hormel CEO Jeff Ettinger formally enters the special election campaign in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, March 10, 2022. Republican Brad Finstad has won the special election to U.S. House in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. (Mark Zdechlik/Minnesota Public Radio via AP, File) Republican Congressional candidate Brad Finstad, left, shakes hands with longtime friend, Steve Gilles, right, during an election night party for Finstad, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, at the Sleepy Eye Event Center in Sleepy Eye, Minn. Finstad has won the special election to U.S. House in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP) FILE - Republican former U.S Department of Agriculture official Brad Finstad, of New Ulm, Minn., poses in this undated photo. Finstad has won the special election to U.S. House in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. (Mark Zdechlik/Minnesota Public Radio via AP, File) Minnesota 5th Congressional District candidate Don Samuels speaks at his primary election night watch party Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, at Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis Mill District in Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar waves to passersby for support during a voter engagement event on the corner of Broadway and Central Avenues in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Omar faces a primary challenge from former city council member Don Samuels. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP) FILE - Vermont state Sen. Becca Balint, who is seeking the Democratic Party nomination to run for Vermont's vacant U.S. House seat, speaks to voters in Colchester, Vt., on July 24, 2022. The Vermont primary is Aug. 9. The incumbent, Rep. Peter Welch, is running for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File) FILE - Democratic House candidate Lt. Gov. Molly Gray speaks to voters in Middlesex, Vt., on July 20, 2022. Gray is seeking the Democratic Party nomination to run for Vermont's vacant U.S. House seat. The incumbent, Rep. Peter Welch, is running for the U.S. Senate. The Vermont primary is Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File) FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 30, 2021. Omar faces a Democratic primary challenger who helped defeat a voter referendum to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)