Eleven-term incumbent Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) prevailed over community organizer Amane Badhasso, a refugee from Ethiopia, in Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District Democratic primary.
McCollum, 68, is the longest-serving member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation.
With 26 percent of the votes counted at 11 p.m. ET, McCollum drew 84 percent of the vote to Badhasso’s 14percent.
Badhasso is a progressive Democrat who hoped to join Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) on the “squad” in Congress.
Tlaib and Bush won their respective Democratic primaries last week.
In a statement after she announced her candidacy, Badhasso explained why she entered the race….