More than 13,000 people and nearly 47% of registered voters cast ballots in a special election for a suburban Minnesota House seat this week, far outpacing voter turnout in any other House special election over the last decade.

Less than two weeks remain until local voters head to the polls in a special election to choose who will represent them in the state House of Representatives. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 25 for residents to cast their votes.

Democrat David Gottfried is poised to win the special election for a Twin Cities metro state House seat, locking House in a balance of power tie.

A Democrat and a Republican are vying for a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives in a special election that could leave the chamber tied or give Republicans a slim majority. A Democrat won the seat by 30 percentage points last November, but a judge later ruled that he did not meet the residency requirements to run for the office.

A Republican has won a special election in southeast Iowa for a seat in the Iowa House. State Representative Martin Graber of Fort Madison died on January 31 and Blaine Watkins of Donnelson has been elected to replace him.

A special election for a Twin Cities metro state House seat will determine the balance of power in the chamber on Tuesday, after the vacancy sparked a power dispute earlier in the session that brought it to a halt.

Republicans in the Minnesota House lost a one-seat edge in the Capitol, where tensions over party dominance have simmered for weeks.

The special election was held in a heavily Democratic district in the northern St. Paul suburbs of Roseville and Shoreview.

An existing power-sharing agreement reached last month will keep a Republican speaker in power in the state House.

Democrat David Gottfried decisively won a special election in the north metro area Tuesday night, bringing the Minnesota House to a 67-67 tie.