MUSLIM CANDIDATES NEW PLATFORM

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP meet IIhan Omar. Just two years ago, the Minnesota Democrat  became the first Somali American elected to the state legislature.

Now she's likely to become one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress.

And she says one of her top priorities will be resisting the Trump administration, which would forbid her from entering the US if she were attempting to immigrate today.

''I myself would have been part of the travel ban,'' Omar said on the campaign trail.

Her victory in last Tuesday's Democratic primary for a House from the immigration-rich Minneapolis area depended heavily on support from people who feel persecuted in Trump's America and voters who empathise with them.

No Republican has won the heavily liberal district since 1962, making primary the de facto election, though Omar will face Republican candidate Jennifer Zielinski in November.

Winning the seat will position her as a new national voice against administration policies.

The seat opened up when Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress launched a last minute bid for attorney general after serving six terms.

Omar's victory over a crowded field marked the latest milestone in the meteoric political rise of a woman who spent her childhood in a Kenyan refugee camp and immigrated to the United States at the age of 12.

She won her seat in the state House in 2016. [Agencies].