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Democrats will be held at the legislature headquartered by Melissa Hortman once, former democratic Minnesota House The speaker who, together with his wife, was killed in his home in June in which prosecutors describe as a political murder.
The Democratic Party Party Nominee XP Lee won Republican Nominated Ruth Butner in Special Elections Tuesday in a suburban minneapolis State house, according to the associated press.
Lee’s victory in District Blonde rested again will stop the Minnesota house, with democrats and republicans each posture 67 seats in the larger. And that will restore the division of power between the two parties that have hammered after democrats lost most in the 2024 elections. Years.
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KSP Lee, Democratic candidate for Minnesota County, hit the door while the campaign in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Thursday, 11. September 2025. (AP PHOTO / MARK VANCLEVE)
Special elections were held a week after the killing of conservative Fübrand, commentator and US milestones co-founder of the USA Charlie Kirk He appeared nation and pushed Hortman’s killer back to the spotlight.
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Prosecutors accuse that allegedly used Vance Hysterson’s police officer while conducting what they call “political assassions of the Hortman and her husband, Mark. It is also congested for shooting and wounding states and injuring John Hoffman and his wife Ivette in the house nearby.
The former Democratic Minnesota House speaker Melissa Hortman, seen in the legislation in 2019. years, he was killed in her home, together with his wife, Mark, in June. (AP Photo / Jim Mone, File)
Lee, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand after his family ran into Vietnam war, said AP before the election that the continuation of Hortman’s legacy was the main motivator in his campaign.
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“I wouldn’t try not to kill Melissa Hortman. So I’m very aware of the political and gun. So I want to help our community heal,” Lee said.
Republican candidate Ruth Bittner, who runs for a home district 34b seat, speaks to a potential voter while knocking on the door in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, 28. August 2025. (Nathaniel Minor / Star Tribune via AP)
Bittner, real estate agent, told public radio in Minnesota that Hortman is “a very unique individual. We won’t try to replace it.”
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Minnesota further rocked violence at the end of last month, when two young schools were killed, and 21 people were injured in shootings in the Catholic School of Announcements in Minneapolis.
The associated press has contributed to this report.
