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ADVERTISEMENTOmar has already dished more than $1 million to her husband's consulting group this cycleSHARERep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) funneled an additional $606,000 to her husband's firm in the first three weeks of July alone, according to new campaign filings.Federal Election Commission records released Thursday&nbsp;&nbsp;that over the first three weeks of July, Omar's campaign sent $606,000 to the E Street Group, a D.C.-based consulting firm run by Tim Mynett, Omar's husband. The money&nbsp;&nbsp;for 77 percent of the campaign's disbursements during that time.Omar has sent massive sums to her husband's firm even as her Democratic opponent, Antone Melton-Meaux, significantly outraised her ahead of the primary. The challenger drew national attention with a $3.2 million fundraising haul over the past quarter, six times the amount Omar's campaign pulled in over the same period despite paying Mynett's firm large sums for fundraising assistance. Melton-Meaux is also drastically the incumbent in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District, signaling he may pose a challenge to the "Squad" member in the August 11 primary.Mynett's firm is Omar's biggest campaign vendor. The campaign had already doled out&nbsp; to the firm this cycle before July. The $1.6 million in total payments accounts for nearly half of Omar's&nbsp;&nbsp;in net operating expenditures this cycle.Omar's new campaign&nbsp;&nbsp;also show that the congresswoman raised $407,000 over the first three weeks of July, nearly equal to the $471,000 she pulled in over the previous three months. Omar now has $732,000 in cash on hand. Melton-Meaux, meanwhile, finished the last quarter with $2 million at his disposal. His campaign's pre-primary report was not submitted at the time of this writing.Omar's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the payments.Published under:Next Article

ADVERTISEMENTOmar has already dished more than $1 million to her husband's consulting group this cycleSHARERep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) funneled an additional $606,000 to her husband's firm in the first three weeks of July alone, according to new campaign filings.Federal Election Commission records released Thursday&nbsp;&nbsp;that over the first three weeks of July, Omar's campaign sent $606,000 to the E Street Group, a D.C.-based consulting firm run by Tim Mynett, Omar's husband. The money&nbsp;&nbsp;for 77 percent of the campaign's disbursements during that time.Omar has sent massive sums...

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