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After political killing of Rep. Melissa Hortman, voters head to the polls

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Three months after Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman was murdered in Minnesota, voters are set to vote Tuesday in a special election. They’ll decide who will fill former Minnesota House speaker Hortman’s seat, which will determine which party controls the chamber.

Minnesota Public Radio senior politics reporter Clay Masters gives Here & Now’s Robin Young a sense of the mood there.

This segment aired on September 15, 2025.

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