Don Samuels, the Minneapolis community activist who attempted to unseat congresswoman and “Squad” member Representative Ilhan Omar in the Democratic primary, conceded the race late Tuesday, setting up Omar as the heavy favorite to win a third term in Congress.

With 98 percent of precincts reporting by 10:30 p.m., Omar had received 56,392 votes, or 50.39 percent, compared with Samuels’s 53,890 votes, or 48.15 percent. None of the other three candidates in the Democratic primary cracked 1 percent of the vote.

Samuels had been making up ground all night as more votes were counted, but he eventually conceded, telling his supporters that “the people have spoken.” The Associated Press called the race for Omar just before 11 p.m. in Minnesota.

“To come this close means that we have our finger on the pulse of the exhausted majority,” Samuels told his supporters. If the playing field were even — if Omar didn’t have the benefits of being an incumbent, and the high-profile endorsements that come with it — he said he likely would have won. “We know that America wants change.”

Samuels said he would support Omar in the fall, but he added, “We’re not going away.”