Democratic nominee Xp Lee defeats Republican Ruth Bittner in suburban Minneapolis district

Democrats will hold the legislative seat occupied by Melissa Hortmann, former Speaker of the Democratic parliament in Minnesota, who was killed with her husband with her husband in June, as prosecutors describe as a political assassination.

The Candidate Democratic Party XP Lee defeated Republican candidate Ruth Betner in special elections on Tuesday in the area of ​​the state of Minynabolis on the outskirts of the outskirts, according to Associated Press.

A victory for me in the blue tendencies will again perform the Minnesota house, where both Democrats and Republicans carry 67 seats in the room. It will restore the power participation deal between the two parties that were removed after the Democrats lost the majority of them in the 2024 elections.

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The special elections were held a week after the assassination of conservative and suspended fire and the co -founder of the Turn Point Usa Charlie Kerk of the nation and headed to the killing of Hortmann to the spotlight.

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The accusation of the prosecutors that the alleged gunman, Vans Poilter, impersonated the personality of a police officer as he carried out what they call the “political assassinations” of Hortman and her husband Mark. Potler was also accused of shooting and Senator John Hoffman and his wife Evit at their near home.

Melissa Hortmann, the former head of the Democratic Parliament in Minnesota, who was seen in the legislative body in 2019, was killed at her home, with her husband, Mark, in June. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Lee, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand after his family fled from the Vietnam War, told the Associated Press before the elections that Hortman’s continuous legacy was a major motivation in his campaign.

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“I will not run if it was not to kill Melissa Hortmann. So, I am very aware of political and gender violence. So, I want to help our society to recover,” he told me.

Republican candidate Ruth Beetner, who runs for the House District 34B seat, speaks with a possible voter while throwing doors in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Thursday, August 28, 2025. (Nathaniel Minor/Star Tribune via AP)

Bittner, a real estate agent, told Minnesota that Hortmann was “a very unique individual. We will not try to replace it.”

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Minnesota shook violence late last month, when two young children were killed and 21 people were injured in a shooting at the Catholic Gospel School in Minneapolis.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.