Xp Lee won a special election in Minnesota on Tuesday to replace Melissa Hortman , the former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, who was assassinated in June . She was the top Democrat in the House.

Lee is a former city councilman of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota , the Associated Press reported. He easily defeated his Republican opponent, a real estate agent, Ruth Bittner, winning 60.9% of the vote to Bittner’s 39.1% in a heavily Democratic district. He will now serve as the representative from Minnesota State House District 34B.

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