 In addition, the Minnesota DFL is home to the first Muslim Attorney General in the nation Keith Ellison, to the first lesbian mom to serve in Congress Angie Craig, to the first Somali-American to serve in Congress Ilhan Omar, and to the highest ranking native American woman to ever serve in an Executive Office in our nation, Lt.Governor Peggy Flanagan.The Minnesota DFL is regarded as one of the strongest state parties in the nation by those in Democratic politics throughout the country.