Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Friday announced a special election to fill a state House seat left vacant after the assassination of state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D). The special election will be held Sept.

Hortman, the former House speaker and leader of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor caucus in the House, represented House District 34B, a district that includes Brooklyn Park, as well as parts of

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called a special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who authorities say was assassinated at her Twin Cities home in June.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued a writ of special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Speaker Melissa Hortman.

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.

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.

The special election to fill the seat vacated by the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman will happen in September.

A new book on the end of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and the birth of Kamala Harris’ sheds light on the process behind the vice president choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, a decision widely panned by pundits in retrospect.

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