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Voters in a portion of the east Twin Cities metro will decide who will finish former Sen. Nicole Mitchell's term after she was convicted of burglary and resigned her seat. The winner between Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger, a Democrat, and Dwight Dorau, a Republican, will finish Mitchell's term, which runs through January 2027. Senate District 47 special election results Find live election results below. Results will start coming in after polls close at 8 p.m. READ MORE: Minnesota 2025 election results Race for Minnesota Senate District 47 Local perspective: Voters in Minnesota Senate District 47, which includes Woodbury and a portion of Maplewood in the east Twin Cities metro, will head to the polls to decide who will finish former Sen. Mitchell's term, which runs through January 2027. Mitchell resigned from the Senate in July after being convicted of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools when a jury found she had broken into her stepmother's home. Mitchell was sentenced to six months of work release and a 21-month stayed sentence with supervised probation for five years. Who are the candidates? Dig deeper: The race is between Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger, a Democrat, and Dwight Dorau, a Republican. Hemmingsen-Jaeger has been a state representative since 2023. She has a background in science and public policy. She won her District 47A race in 2022 by a wide margin, 60-40%. Dorau is a retired Air Force colonel who lost to Mitchell in the Senate District 47 race in 2022 by 18 percentage points. He works at Johnson High School in St. Paul as the senior aerospace science instructor for the Air Force Junior ROTC program. The candidates emerged after a special election primary was held on Aug. 26. According to the Minnesota Secretary of State's website, Hemmingsen-Jaeger won 82.28% of the vote in the DFL primary. Dorau won the Republican primary in an uncontested race. Senate District 47 leans Democrat. Mitchell won the seat in 2022 by a 59-41% margin, beating Dorau. Big picture view: The outcome of the election could impact the balance of power in the Minnesota Senate. Democrats currently have a 33-32 advantage with two open seats, but with special elections in Senate District 47 and Senate District 29, that could change. Election results from around Minnesota Dig deeper: Here's a look at election results from around Minnesota:
