Brooklyn Park voters will vote to fill the vacant seat of Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was killed last month in a politically motivated assassination.

Gov. Tim Walz on Monday gave his strongest signal yet that he intends to seek a third consecutive term next year, confidently predicting he will win if he runs again and warning possible challengers they’d face the “best fundraiser that ever sat in this office.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued a writ of special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Speaker Melissa Hortman. That announcement was made on Friday, July 11. The special election will be held on Tuesday,

Hortman represented House District 34B, a district that includes Brooklyn Park, as well as parts of Champlin and Coon Rapids.

On Monday, Xp Lee, a former Brooklyn Park city council member, said he is running for the seat on the DFL ticket. Lee currently works at the Minnesota Department of Health. He is the second DFL candidate running for the seat. Last week, current Brooklyn Park City Council member Christian Eriksen announced his run.

The SD Democratic Party hosted Walz on July 12, during its annual McGovern Day dinner event at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) announced on Friday that a special election to fill the statehouse seat left vacant after the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) will take place this fall.

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Voters now know when they'll head to the polls to cast their ballots in a special election to fill a seat left vacant following the assassination of Melissa Hortman 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

Candidacy filing will close on July 22, with possible primary elections to be held on August 12 if multiple candidates from the same political party file to run