The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party will have a majority in the Minnesota Senate once again after their candidate won a special election in a Minneapolis district on Tuesday. Candidate Doron Clark held an overwhelming lead in election results late Tuesday in a DFL-dominated district.

Minnesota Democrats captured the state’s coveted Senate majority after a blowout win in the state’s special election for District 60. Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee Doron Clark won in a landslide, 90.91% to Republican Abigail Wolters’s 8.71%.

A tie in the Minnesota Senate should end Tuesday as voters decide who will fill the seat of the late Sen. Kari Dziedzic, who died of cancer last month.

The race’s outcome determines the balance of power in the Senate, which was tied at 33 apiece for the GOP and DFL, but will now lean in the Democrat’s favor. District 60 encompasses all of northeast and southeast Minneapolis and the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on the opposite side of the Mississippi River.

Democrat Doron Clark has won the special election in Minnesota Senate District 60, confirming majority control for the DFL in the Senate. A special election was held in the district – which covers northeast and parts of southeast Minneapolis –following the death of Sen. Kari Dziedzic of cancer last month.

MINNEAPOLIS — DFLer Doron Clark won the Senate District 60 race in a landslide Tuesday, giving the party a one-seat majority in the Minnesota State Senate. The special election was called following the death of Democratic Sen. Kari Dziedzic in December. The Minnesota GOP and DFL have been tied since in the Senate, 33-33.

The death of Minneapolis DFL state Sen. Kari Dziedzic left a 33-33 tie in the Minnesota Senate but a special election in her district on Tuesday night changed that. DFLer Doron Clark won in the deep-blue Minneapolis district with 90 percent of the vote.

Minnesota DFLers defended their control of the Minnesota Senate on Tuesday after Doron Clark won the District 60 special election.

Tuesday, a special election could break a tie in one chamber at the state capitol — but the other is still at a stalemate. Voters in northeast Minneapolis showed up to the polls, casting ballots for their next state senator after the death of DFL Sen.

The Minnesota Senate will be controlled by the DFL after a special election night win in District 60. Doron Clark has defeated Republican candidate Abigail Wolters, winning over 91% of the vote. The special election was held after the death of late DFL Sen.