Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) criticized the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party on Thursday for revoking its endorsement of Omar Fateh for mayor of Minneapolis. In a statement co-signed by over a dozen other local DFL elected officials,

The Minneapolis DFL’s endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh in the Minneapolis mayor’s race sparked numerous challenges. On Thursday, the state DFL party took the unprecedented step of revoking the local endorsement.

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party vacated is endorsement following State Democratic Party because of a “substantial undercount” in the nominee balloting at a recent convention.