Nearly two months after a Minnesota lawmaker was assassinated, a special primary election is being held to choose the DFL candidate for her seat.

Xp Lee, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand after his family fled Laos amid the Vietnam War, won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor special primary election on Tuesday to replace the late Rep. Melissa Hortman,

Three candidates are facing off Tuesday in the DFL primary that will decide who could fill the legislative seat previously held by House DFL Leader Rep. Melissa Hortman. Hortman and her husband, Mark,