Minnesota Just Sent A Somali Daycare Owner To The Statehouse - Wait Till You See The Money Minnesota voters on Tuesday elected a Somali daycare owner whose center has collected $7.29 million from the state childcare subsidy program at the heart of last winter's viral fraud scandal.
Abdi Daisane was elected to represent the St. Cloud area in the Minnesota House. (Abdi Daisane for State Representative) / (Peter D'Abrosca/Fox News Digital) Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) candidate Abdi Daisane, a Somali American who came to the US more than 15 years ago, won House District 14A with about 52% of the vote, beating Republican Mike Conway, the St.
Cloud City Council president, and flipping a Republican-held seat, MPR News reported . He becomes St. Cloud's first Somali American state lawmaker. Daisane lost the same race in 2024 to Republican Rep. Bernie Perryman, who ran for the state Senate this year instead.
Daisane gave part of his victory speech in Somali.