Aswar Rahman
Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Minnesota
MN-04 Democratic nominee?
$9.8K
AUG 18, 2026Primary Election
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$9.8KAUG 18, 2026Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current rolePolitical candidate
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderMale
LocationMinnesota
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BackgroundPolitical candidate
Notable personal detailsAswar Rahman is a Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) candidate for the U.S. House in Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. He previously ran for Minneapolis mayor in 2017. He has been described as a filmmaker and interface designer and has presented himself publicly as an immigrant Minnesotan.
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Political Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports holding current income and property tax rates for his district while increasing investments in education and healthcare funded by closing tax loopholes used by large corporations and ensuring big companies pay their fair share. Prioritizes reallocating budget resources toward healthcare, pensions, and education. Advocates using recovered corporate tax revenue to expand public services rather than cutting taxes.
Healthcare
Supports treating mental healthcare as a fundamental right and expanding public mental-health services, including continuous-care models, reinvestment in community recovery centers, and declaring addiction a public health emergency. Endorses restrictions on AI-based therapy and policies to broaden access to behavioral health services. No explicit endorsement of single-payer/Medicare-for-All was found on cited campaign materials.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate supports dismantling and prosecuting ICE, reclaiming funds from ICE and CBP for social programs, protecting refugees and asylum seekers, and leading a Democratic immigration reform plan that undoes recent enforcement and militarization measures. The campaign calls to stop legislation that would expand border militarization and to replace ICE’s functions with other agencies while expanding legal pathways and protections for refugees and asylum seekers.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law to protect bodily autonomy from judicial rollback. Endorses strong federal protections for reproductive rights.
Climate & Energy
The candidate explicitly endorses the Green New Deal and describes treating the climate crisis with grave urgency, committing to legislative efforts to refine and pass it. The campaign platform lists climate change as a priority and supports major federal action on clean energy and emissions.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports universal background checks, mandatory safe-storage laws, closing private-sale loopholes, and reinstating a federal ban on assault weapons. Also backs policing reforms including ending qualified immunity and funding co-responder models that pair social workers with police.
Latest News
Aswar Rahman is in the news as a candidate in a Republican primary that is being watched as a test of Donald Trump’s influence over GOP voters. The race is part of a broader wave of competitive Republican primaries and House contests ahead of the midterms. Recent coverage does not provide many details about Rahman’s own campaign, so the reporting is mostly about the larger political environment around his candidacy.
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