Abigail Wolters, Doron Clark win their party’s primary in special election for Senate District 60

Minneapolis headed to the polls Tuesday to nominate candidates for a state Senate special election.

The results came in shortly after 8:30 p.m., with Abigail Wolters securing 72.17% of the votes for the Republican nomination and Doron Clark receiving 38.13% of the votes for the Democratic nomination. For the full results, visit the Secretary of State’s website.

The party nominees will face off in two weeks, on Jan. 28.

Gov. Tim Walz called the special election last month after former DFL Sen. Kari Dziedzic died of cancer.

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Eight DFL candidates and two Republican candidates appeared on the primary ballot, but a judge disqualified one Democrat, Mohamed Jama, from participating because of evidence that he voted outside Senate District 60 in November. Any votes cast for Jama will not be counted per the judge’s order.

The district encompasses all of northeast and southeast Minneapolis and the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on the opposite side of the Mississippi River. It’s considered a safe Democratic district and is expected to tip a tied 33-33 Senate to DFL control.