A Somali-born Democrat politician and daycare owner in Minnesota is returning to electoral politics even as the state’s childcare sector faces a sprawling fraud scandal that has drawn national scrutiny and could total billions of dollars.
Abdi Daisane, a Democrat, announced on Christmas Eve that he plans to run for the state Legislature again in 2026.
The announcement comes two years after he lost a race to a Republican incumbent.
Daisane previously ran unsuccessfully for the St. Cloud City Council in 2016.