Special election victory by Democrat Xp Lee restores Minnesota House power-sharing deal after replacing seat of assassinated former speaker Melissa Hortman.

The race comes three months after Hortman and her husband were killed in what Minnesota authorities described as a “politically motivated assassination."

ST. PAUL — Voting season began in Minnesota on Sept. 19 for the Nov. 4 local elections. There are 38 city and school district regular elections on ballots around the state in addition to 79 special elections .

Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated. Rep.

Nearly three months after Hortman's killing, the House Democrats chose Rep. Zack Stephenson as her successor to lead the caucus. Stephenson was Hortman's campaign manager in 2004, and she became his mentor and friend in the ensuing years. He was first elected to the Legislature in 2018.

Get live results from the special election to replace Melissa Hortman, a Democrat and former Minnesota House speaker who was killed in June.

Minnesotans are set to vote Tuesday in the special election to replace Melissa Hortman, the former Democratic Minnesota House speaker who was killed alongside her husband at their home in June, a politically motivated killing thrust back into the spotlight after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Control of the House is at stake with the election to replace the former Speaker Emerita, who was slain along with her husband three months ago.

Xp Lee won a Minnesota House election with 60.82 percent of the vote, more than two percent less than Melissa Hortman received when she won the seat.

Democrat Xp Lee took the victory Tuesday night against Republican Ruth Bittner for the House seat in Brooklyn Park.

Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat left vacant by the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman, keeping the chamber

Minnesota is one of several states that allows incumbent governors to serve more than two terms. Walz, the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in 2024, joins Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, also a Democrat, in seeking a third term in 2026.