Tag: Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District
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FEC: “No Jurisdiction” to Verify Citizenship of Federal Candidates
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 29, 2024) — As reported on September 27 last year, former Minnesota congressional candidate AJ Kern filed an 11-page complaint with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) alleging campaign-finance violations on the part of Minnesota Fifth District Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is seeking a fourth term in Congress this November. Specifically, Kern…
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Minnesota Eligibility Case Dismissed
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 1, 2022) — A challenge filed by Democratic primary candidate AJ Kern to compel the production of citizenship documentation from two fellow candidates in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District has been dismissed by Judge Bridget Ann Sullivan on several premises. In an opinion published Friday afternoon, Sullivan wrote that the Fourth Judicial…
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Case Asking Foreign-Born Congressional Candidates to Prove U.S. Citizenship Pending
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 25, 2022) – A challenge to two foreign-born candidates competing in an August 9 primary in Minnesota’s fifth congressional district received a hearing Thursday and is awaiting a decision from Judge Bridget Sullivan, according to the docket Saturday evening. Filed pro se in early May in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District by…
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Hearing Scheduled on Minnesota Eligibility Lawsuit
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 16, 2022) — A case filed early last month with the purpose of ascertaining the constitutional eligibility of two candidates in Minnesota’s fifth congressional district Democratic primary by another candidate, AJ Kern, is scheduled for a hearing on June 23 at 2:30 PM in the state’s Fourth Judicial District courthouse in…
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Is Ilhan Omar a U.S. Citizen?
AND WHO HAS “STANDING” TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH? by Joseph DeMaio, ©2019 (Jul. 24, 2019) — Recently, the intrepid P&E Editor brought to your humble servant’s attention a post revisiting the question of whether Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is constitutionally eligible to serve in the House of Representatives. P&E readers will recall that a similar…