MINNEAPOLIS -- Democrat Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated, restoring a 67-67 tie and preserving a power-sharing deal that has forced both parties to work together. Rep. Melissa Hortman , of Brooklyn Park, held the seat until her death in June. Lee is a former Brooklyn Park City Council member. He defeated Republican real estate agent Ruth Bittner in the heavily Democratic district. Lee promised he would “work hard every day” to honor Hortman’s legacy. “We did our best to make her proud: knocking on doors daily, making phone calls, and texting every neighbor we could,” Lee said in a victory statement. Lee’s win maintains a power-sharing arrangement that existed for most of the 2025 legislative session, afte

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