Overview
- Unofficial results show Rep. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger winning SD 47 in the east metro, filling the seat vacated by Nicole Mitchell after a first-degree burglary conviction.
- Republican Michael Holmstrom Jr. appears to have secured SD 29, a reliably conservative district opened by the July death of Sen. Bruce Anderson.
- The two outcomes return the Minnesota Senate to a 34-33 Democratic majority, pending certification of the results.
- The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee called Hemmingsen-Jaeger’s win the fourth majority-deciding special-election victory for Democrats in Minnesota this year.
- The Legislature remains divided, and Hemmingsen-Jaeger’s move to the Senate triggers a Minnesota House special election before the 2026 session begins in February.