Democrats Shelley Buck, Meg Luger-Nikolai emerge from primaries in Woodbury, St. Paul
Democrats Shelley Buck and Meg Luger-Nikolai moved ahead in a pair of races for open Minnesota House seats on Tuesday in districts their party will be favored to win.
The primary victories set the ballot for a pair of January special elections. In the district covering parts of Woodbury and Maplewood, it’s an uncontested election next month. In St. Paul, labor lawyer Luger-Nikolai faces small business owner and Republican Dan Walsh.
Buck, a nonprofit leader and longtime Prairie Island Tribal Council leader, handily defeated fellow Democrats David Azcona and Juli Servatius. The suburban seat came open after Sen. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger swapped chambers from the House after winning a special election last month.
Meanwhile, in St. Paul voters had a six-candidate race on the DFL side. Luger-Nikolai prevailed in a tighter race over Beth Fraser, John Zwier, Matt Hill, Dan McGrath and Lois Quam.
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