Nearly three months after Hortman's killing, the House Democrats chose Rep. Zack Stephenson as her successor to lead the caucus. Stephenson was Hortman's campaign manager in 2004, and she became his mentor and friend in the ensuing years. He was first elected to the Legislature in 2018.

A special election in Minnesota on Tuesday will determine who will fill the seat of the late Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman, just over three months after she and her husband were fatally shot in what Gov.

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

Xp Lee won a Minnesota House election with 60.82 percent of the vote, nearly three percent less than Melissa Hortman received when she won the seat.

Unofficial results Tuesday night showed Lee had a decisive lead, with 61% of the vote to Republican Ruth Bittner’s 39% with all precincts reporting results.

The Minnesota House is set to return to full strength with a power-sharing agreement after a special election filled a vacant seat.

Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday in Minnesota House District 34B, replacing Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.

Democratic candidate Xp Lee is projected to win the special election to replace slain former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL), who was assassinated during a shooting in June that also killed her husband,

"I have never lost sight of the situation that brought us to this moment, and I will work hard every day to carry forward Speaker Melissa Hortman’s legacy."