WOODBURY, Minn. (FOX 9) - A special election primary for the Minnesota Senate seat in Woodbury once held by Nicole Mitchell has been won by Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger on the DFL ticket, and Dwight Dorau on the republican side.

Special primary in Woodbury

What we know:

Three candidates filed to run for the Senate District 47 seat, including state Reps. Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger on the DFL ticket, and St. Paul teacher Dwight Dorau, who ran against Mitchell in 2022. The seat covers Woodbury and southern parts of Maplewood in the east metro.

Accoridng to the Minnesota Secretary of State website, Hemmingsen-Jaeger won 82.28% of the vote, or 1,978 total votes.

Meanwhile, Dorau received 374 votes, and 100% of the republican nomination.

As of 9:35 p.m. all 19 precincts were re

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