DFLer David Gottfried won the suburban Ramsey County seat and is expected to be sworn in to the House of Representatives next week.

More than 13,000 people and nearly 47% of registered voters cast ballots in a special election for a suburban Minnesota House seat this week, far outpacing voter turnout in any other House special election over the last decade.

Democrat David Gottfried is poised to win the special election for a Twin Cities metro state House seat, locking House in a balance of power tie.

DFLer David Gottfried and Republican Paul Wikstrom are competing for House District 40B, where a DFL victory would likely restore a 67-67 tie in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

An existing power-sharing agreement reached last month will keep a Republican speaker in power in the state House.

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) candidate David Gottfried is projected to win a special election for a seat in the Minnesota House, according to Decision Desk HQ. Gottfried, a pro bono specialist at a law firm,

The outcome of Tuesday's special election in the Roseville area will determine control of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the next two years.

Republicans in the Minnesota House lost a one-seat edge in the Capitol, where tensions over party dominance have simmered for weeks.

Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama to control the chamber chose Democrat David Gottfried on Tuesday in a race that will leave control of the House tied and end a short-lived Republican majority.