Two primary elections took place in the Twin Cities metro on Tuesday — a special primary for the seat of late state Rep. Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and a primary for White Bear Lake mayor.

Polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and former Brooklyn Park City Council member Xp Lee had 59% of the vote in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary for House District 34B. All precincts were reporting before 9 p.m.

As of 9 p.m., it wasn’t yet clear who had prevailed in the White Bear Lake mayoral primary.

Three DFL candidates competed for their party’s nomination in the primary election for House District 34B, a district that includes Brooklyn Center as well as parts of Champlin and Coon Rapids.

District 34B has been vacant since June after the assassination of Hortman, the former House speaker,

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