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

Rep. Melissa Hortman, of Brooklyn Park, held the seat until her death in June. Latest Forecast ° F FEELS LIKE No weather data available

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Lee is a former Brooklyn Park City Council member. He defeated Republican real estate agent Ruth Bittner in the heavily Democratic district.

Lee's win restores a 67-67 tie in the House, and it preserves a power-sharing deal that existed for most of the 2025 legislative session, after the 2024 elections cost House Democrats their majority.

Former House Speaker Hortman brokered that agreement, which ended Democrats' three-week boycott. Under the deal, she agreed to end her six

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