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.

DFLer David Gottfried and Republican Paul Wikstrom are competing for House District 40B, where a DFL victory would likely restore a 67-67 tie in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

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.

Right Demokraatit Party is celebrating an upset parliamentary election victory in Greenland, after Donald Trump said the US would take control of the island “one way or another”. The woman who went viral for her warm interaction with Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s address to Congress says she was not “flirting” with the billionaire and said the scrutiny of her has been “awful.