Omar Fateh
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Omar Fateh (Democratic Party) is a member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 62. He assumed office on January 5, 2021. His current term ends on January 5, 2027.
Fateh (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 62. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Omar Fateh was born in Washington, D.C., and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1] Fateh graduated from Falls Church High School. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in public administration from George Mason University. Fateh's career experience includes working as a campaign finance analyst for the Federal Election Commission and as an academic advisor with Northern Virginia Community College.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Fateh was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, Chair
- Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee, Vice Chair
- Local Government Committee
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2021-2022
Fateh was assigned to the following committees:
- Human Services Licensing Policy Committee
- Human Services Reform Finance and Policy Committee
- State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee
- Technology and Reform Policy Committee, Ranking Minority Member
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Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Minnesota State Senate District 62
Incumbent Omar Fateh defeated Andrew Schmitz in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Omar Fateh (D) | 90.3 | 24,271 |
 | Andrew Schmitz (R) | 9.4 | 2,528 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 84 | ||
| Total votes: 26,883 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62
Incumbent Omar Fateh defeated Shaun Laden in the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Omar Fateh | 60.7 | 7,416 |
| Shaun Laden | 39.3 | 4,811 | |
| Total votes: 12,227 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62
Andrew Schmitz advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Schmitz | 100.0 | 301 |
| Total votes: 301 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Minnesota State Senate District 62
Omar Fateh defeated Bruce Lundeen in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Omar Fateh (D) | 89.0 | 33,103 |
 | Bruce Lundeen (R) | 10.6 | 3,947 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 150 | ||
| Total votes: 37,200 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62
Omar Fateh defeated incumbent Jeff Hayden in the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Omar Fateh | 54.9 | 11,109 |
 | Jeff Hayden | 45.1 | 9,140 | |
| Total votes: 20,249 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62
Bruce Lundeen advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bruce Lundeen | 100.0 | 443 |
| Total votes: 443 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A
Hodan Hassan defeated Bruce Lundeen in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Hodan Hassan (D) | 90.4 | 13,107 |
| Bruce Lundeen (R) | 8.8 | 1,281 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 113 | ||
| Total votes: 14,501 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A
Hodan Hassan defeated Osman Ahmed, Omar Fateh, Margarita Ortega, and Jen Kader in the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Hodan Hassan | 28.4 | 2,207 |
| Osman Ahmed | 20.7 | 1,607 | |
| Omar Fateh | 20.6 | 1,602 | |
| Margarita Ortega | 19.7 | 1,531 | |
| Jen Kader | 10.6 | 822 | |
| Total votes: 7,769 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A
Bruce Lundeen advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bruce Lundeen | 100.0 | 218 |
| Total votes: 218 | |||
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2015
The Fairfax County School Board is a 12-member board elected to serve four-year terms. Three seats are elected at large and nine seats are elected by district.[3] All 12 seats were on the ballot on November 3, 2015.
At-large incumbents Ryan McElveen, Ilryong Moon and Ted Velkoff faced Robert Copeland, Omar Fateh, Jeanette Hough, Manar Jean-Jacques, Peter Marchetti and Burnette Scarboro for three seats. While Moon and McElveen won re-election, Velkoff was defeated, placing fourth to challenger Hough.
Braddock District incumbent Megan McLaughlin, Hunter Mill District incumbent Pat Hynes and Providence District incumbent Patricia Reed faced Katherine Pettigrew, Mark Wilkinson and Dalia Palchik, respectively. Dranesville District incumbent Jane Strauss competed against challenger Peter Kurzenhauser. McLaughlin, Hynes, and Strauss won re-election; the fourth incumbent, Reed, lost to Palchik.
The races for both the Mount Vernon District and Sully District seats featured newcomers after neither incumbent filed for re-election. Karen Corbett Sanders defeated W. Anthony Stacy in the Mount Vernon race, while Karen Keys-Gamarra lost to Thomas Wilson in the Sully District race. Lee District incumbent Tamara Derenak Kaufax, Mason District incumbent Sandra Evans and Springfield District incumbent Elizabeth Schultz all ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats.
Results
| Fairfax County School Board, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ilryong Moon Incumbent |
17.2% | 84,364 |
| Ryan McElveen Incumbent |
17.0% | 83,160 |
| Jeanette Hough |
16.3% | 80,035 |
| Ted Velkoff Incumbent | 15.3% | 74,948 |
| Robert Copeland | 15.2% | 74,454 |
| Manar Jean-Jacques | 11.6% | 57,043 |
| Peter Marchetti | 2.6% | 12,809 |
| Omar Fateh | 2.3% | 11,062 |
| Burnette Scarboro | 2.2% | 10,676 |
| Write-in votes | 0.3% | 1,458 |
| Total Votes | 490,009 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 3, 2015 | ||
Funding
Fateh reported $12,662.43 in contributions and $2,008.66 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $10,653.77 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[4]
Endorsements
Fateh received an official endorsement for his campaign from the Fairfax Education Association PAC.[5]
Campaign themes
2022
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2020
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2015
Candidate website
Fateh's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
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As an At-Large Member of the School Board, my primary goal would be to more responsively serve the actual members of the entire community—from students and their families to teachers and staff—and to meet all of their diverse needs. I would seek, in particular, to provide more substantive representation to the County’s under-served populations, including minority students, disadvantaged students, and students with special needs, among others. In doing this, I would hope to make the County’s Student Achievement Goals realities for each and every student. In order to make this possible, I’ll have to focus on three main areas: Expanding Community Engagement Many members of the community are unaware of what the School Board is or who their representatives are on the Board. We must be sensitive to the fact that the families of our diverse county face different realities, which obligates the School Board to reach out to parents on their terms. By effectively communicating with parents, students, and teachers to better understand their specific needs, we will be better equipped to serve the whole of the County, including the traditionally underrepresented communities. As a Board member, I will also make it a priority to tap into the area’s valuable resources to benefit our students and the community as a whole. I will work to expand public-private partnerships, improving relationships with civic organizations, community leaders, as well as the Board of Supervisors. Addressing the Needs of the Full Range of Students For far too long, our low-income and minority students have fallen victim to the achievement gap, often from as early as before kindergarten. The county’s African-American and Latino student populations continually score between 20 and 25 percentage points lower than their peers on Math and Science SOL tests. Even worse, in my time as a college academic advisor, I witnessed countless students—even those with advanced test scores—enter college unprepared, some finding themselves placed in remedial Math and English courses, as well as starting their academic careers unsure of their strengths, passions and potential paths. I will work to provide students the support and resources they need to be better prepared to succeed in today’s ever-globalizing, modernizing economy, identifying their interests and potential career paths in an all-out effort to close the achievement gap. Equitably Managing the County’s Rapid Growth Working within the constraints of our County’s budget, I’ll seek to ensure that all students are provided with the necessary environments in which to learn, the best possible resources, and the most-qualified and fairly compensated teachers. I’ll treat our students and their educations as an investment rather than an expense, working more collaboratively with the community and its leaders, including the Board of Supervisors, to fairly and fully address the most pressing needs. As a School Board Member, I will put students first, investing in early childhood education, providing additional resources to those students who are the most at risk to fall victim to the achievement gap, and providing a stable and safe environment in the face of overcrowding and cost-cutting.[6] |
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| —Omar Fateh, (2015)[7] | ||
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2023
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Facebook, "Omar Fateh," accessed January 22, 2021
- ↑ Fateh for School Board, "About," accessed October 14, 2015
- ↑ Fairfax County Public Schools, "School Board: Overview," May 14, 2015
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Inside NoVA, "Fairfax Education Association PAC makes political endorsements," September 10, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Fateh for School Board, "Issues," accessed October 14, 2015
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| Preceded by Jeff Hayden (D) |
Minnesota State Senate District 62 2021-Present |
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