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A year full of special legislative elections closes out with a 

. Eight seats in Minnesota’s Legislature have been open for parts of 2025. Two primaries Tuesday will go a long way toward filling the remaining two vacancies.

Woodbury-Maplewood area, three DFLers are on the ballot

. The winner is a virtual lock to fill the House seat because no Republican or candidate of any other party has filed. The late January general election will be a mere formality. The election is needed to replace a House member who won a Senate seat last month.

St. Paul, there are six DFLers in the running

 to replace Mayor-elect Kaohly Her in the state House. Their primary winner will face a Republican, but Democrats have historically dominated in the district.

Should DFLers win both, the House will be back to a 67-67 party tie when the Legislature resumes in February.

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A year full of special legislative elections closes out with a pair of primaries Tuesday. In the Woodbury-Maplewood area, three DFLers are on the ballot. In St. Paul, there are six DFLers and one Republican in the running to replace Mayor-elect Kaohly Her in the state House.

2 special primary elections underway for state House seats in the Twin Cities metro

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