Voters headed to the polls in northern Minnesota to fill the seat of former state senator Justin Eichorn.

On Tuesday night, Keri Heintzeman won the Republican primary for Senate District 6 and will go up against the lone DFLer, Denise Slipy, on April 29 in a special election.

As reported by 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS, Eichorn was arrested less than a month ago and charged with attempting to solicit a teenage girl for prostitution. He then resigned from the state senate.

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In that short amount of time, eight Republicans and just one DFL member made the deadline to try to win that seat, which covers parts of Cass, Crow Wing and Itasca Counties.

Before the primary, political experts said with this quick of an election turn around, it would likely be name recognition that sets certain candidates apart from the rest, and added that it would likely be a Republican who wins the open seat.

“Once you get to the general election, the Republican will be the heavy favorite. This is strong Trump territory, where Republicans have consistently won legislative races,” says Larry Jacobs, a political expert with the University of Minnesota.

Absentee and mail-in ballots will go out again for the special election later this month, just six days beforehand.

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