Nearly two months after a Minnesota lawmaker was assassinated, a special primary election is being held to choose the DFL candidate for her seat. Vance Boelter is charged in the killings of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark,

Xp Lee won Tuesday's DFL primary and will now face Republican Ruth Bittner in a special election in September to fill the seat previously held by Rep. Melissa Hortman. Lee, a former Brooklyn Park City Council member,

Voters will soon decide who will fill the seat formerly held by slain Minnesota House Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was killed in June in a shooting at her Brooklyn Park home.