A special election is being held Tuesday for Minnesota Senate District 60, which was earlier vacated due to the death of former DFL Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic. The special election pits Democratic Party candidate Doron Clark against Republican Party candidate Abigail Wolters.

The race’s outcome determines the balance of power in the Senate, which was tied at 33 apiece for the GOP and DFL, but will now lean in the Democrat’s favor. District 60 encompasses all of northeast and southeast Minneapolis and the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on the opposite side of the Mississippi River.

HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. (KIMT) - The Minnesota Senate will be controlled by the DFL after a special election night win in District 60. Doron Clark has defeated Republican candidate Abigail Wolters, winning over 91% of the vote. The special election was held after the death of late DFL Sen. Kari Dziedzic last month from cancer.