News

The special election to fill House District 34B in Anoka and Hennepin Counties will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
The special election to fill the seat vacated by the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman will happen in September.
Hortman represented House District 34B, a district that includes Brooklyn Park, as well as parts of Champlin and Coon Rapids.
Rep. Hortman served as the top House Democratic leader beginning in 2017 before spending six years as speaker, starting in 2019.
The state agency that oversees elections previously said no fraudulent ballots were cast in connection with the scheme.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued a writ of special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Speaker Melissa Hortman.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A special election will be held in September to fill the Minnesota House seat once held by Representative Melissa Hortman. Rep. Hortman was shot dead in her Brooklyn Park home last month.
A special election will be held Sept. 16 to fill the vacant seat of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who was killed last month in a series of targeted