It will be as you were in the Minnesota Senate, with a win a-piece for the DFL and the Republican Party ensuring the Democrats' one-seat advantage continues.

Entering Tuesday, two open seats left the Senate with a 33-32 split in favor of the DFL. That will be 34-33 once the two winning candidates area seated, with Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger winning for the Democrats in Senate District 47 and Michael Holmstrom Jr. winning for the GOP in Senate District 29.

SD-47, which includes Woodbury and part of Maplewood in the eastern Twin Cities metro, was vacated due to the resignation of Nicole Mitchell after she was convicted for burglarizing her stepmother's home in western Minnesota.

Hemmingsen-Jaeger, a state representative since 2023 who has worked for the State of Minnesota in roles including

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