WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives will once again be at stake Tuesday in a special election to replace Melissa Hortman , the former Democratic state House speaker who was slain along with her husband at their home in June .

The election takes place three months after the killings, as the accused gunman faces both federal and state murder charges that could result in the federal death penalty . The suspect is also charged with the attempted murders of a Democratic state senator and his wife.

Republicans now hold a 67-66 seat edge in the state House. If Democrats hold Hortman’s seat in the heavily Democratic district, the chamber will once again be tied at 67-67. A Democratic vacancy earlier in the year prompted a Republican attempt to take control of the

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