A special primary election is being held Tuesday to determine who could fill two Minnesota House seats​ that are being left vacant following November's elections.

Voters in St. Paul and the east metro area picked two Democrats to advance to special elections for vacant Minnesota House seats. In St. Paul, labor lawyer Meg Luger-Nikolai won a six-way DFL primary for the safely blue seat left open by former DFL Rep. Kaohly Her, who won the city’s election for mayor in November.

Unofficial election results showed Shelley Buck was on track to win the Democratic-Farmer-Labor special primary for Woodbury and Maplewood’s House District 47A an hour after polls closed

The primary will determine who moves on to a January special election that will determine the control of the House.

Voters in parts of St. Paul and Woodbury head to the polls Tuesday for primaries in a pair of open state House seats. Why it matters: Both districts are considered safe for Democrats, so the winners of Tuesday's DFL contests are expected to fill the seats in January's special elections.

The results set the ballots for a pair of January special general elections that will bring the Minnesota House back to its full capacity.

Two seats have been vacant since their former representatives won election to new offices in November. Rep. Kaohly Her, DFL-St. Paul, was elected St. Paul’s next mayor, and Rep. Amanda

Demuth and her running mate, Ryan Wilson, visited Southeast Minnesota as part of an economic tour of the region.

Lindell has strong appeal with the party’s right flank, but other Republicans believe he’d doom their chances of defeating Walz.

MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell has announced he will run for Minnesota governor as a Republican against incumbent Gov. Tim Walz.

Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the “MyPillow Guy,” officially entered the race for Minnesota governor on Thursday in hopes of winning the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov.