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Ilhan Omar announces marriage to Tim Mynett

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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar shared a bit of personal news Wednesday night via Instagram:

Got married! From partners in politics to life partners, so blessed. Alhamdulillah ❤️


A post shared by Ilhan Omar (@ilhanmn) on Mar 11, 2020 at 6:22pm PDT

Omar announced her marriage to Tim Mynett, her former political consultant. 

Word of the relationship surfaced last August when Mynett's former wife, Dr. Beth Mynett, said that Mynett informed her in April 2019 that he had been seeing Omar and that he was in love with her.

Omar responded to a question about being separated from her husband by telling WCCO TV's Esme Murphy, ""No, I am not. Like I said on Monday, I really have no interest in allowing the conversation about my personal life to continue," Omar said.

Last year Mynett’s firm was paid more than $500K in campaign funds by Omar’s campaign.

Related: Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to affair allegations

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison weighed-in on the controversy, downplaying the rumors.

“I don’t think it’s valid. I would caution people to even believe it,” Ellison told News Talk 830 WCCO host Chad Hartman. 

Related: Keith Ellison defends Ilhan Omar against affair allegations

The Mynett's divorce was finalized last November.

Last October, Rep. Omar filed for divorce from her husband, Ahmed Hirsi, the father of their three children.