Political watchers say she is all set to win the seat of Keith Ellison, current Congressman for Minnesota’s Fifth District. She previously served as the first Somali-American to be elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016. Incidentally, it took another Somali-American to annex the nomination to replace her in the race for Minnesota House of Representatives. Mohamud Noor is aiming to become a representative for the Minessota House legislature, 60B district. Then still with the Democratic Party ticket, another woman won the race aiming to enter the House of Representatives; District 62A. Poll experts maintain that Hodan Hassan is also most like me to be elected. Three Somali-Americans are lacing their boots to contest for legislative elections in the United States. The Minnesota trio is gunning for two House of Representative seats and a historic seat in Congress. The most prominent of them being Ilhan Omar who is left with one hurdle to becoming the first Somali-American to occupy a seat in the U.S. Congress. After a gruelling campaign, Ilhan won the Democratic Party’s nomination to contest for Congress in elections slated for November 2018.
Hodan describes herself as per her Twitter bio as a woman of colour who dreams of a beloved community. A social activist/feminist who fights racism, discrimination, sexism, and religious intolerance every day.