Get live results from the special election to replace Melissa Hortman, a Democrat and former Minnesota House speaker who was killed in June.

Xp Lee won a Minnesota House election with 60.82 percent of the vote, nearly three percent less than Melissa Hortman received when she won the seat.

Unofficial results Tuesday night showed Lee had a decisive lead, with 61% of the vote to Republican Ruth Bittner’s 39% with all precincts reporting results.

Democratic candidate Xp Lee is projected to win the special election to replace slain former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL), who was assassinated during a shooting in June that also killed her husband,

"I have never lost sight of the situation that brought us to this moment, and I will work hard every day to carry forward Speaker Melissa Hortman’s legacy."

The Minnesota House is set to return to full strength with a power-sharing agreement after a special election filled a vacant seat.

Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday in Minnesota House District 34B, replacing Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.

A special election in Minnesota on Tuesday will determine who will fill the seat of the late Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman, just over three months after she and her husband were fatally shot in what Gov.

Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated