Votes roll in for Minneapolis’ Senate District 60 special primary

More than a half-dozen people are squaring off Tuesday in a special election primary in Minnesota’s heavily blue Senate District 60 following the December death of Sen. Kari Dziedzic.

The winner of Tuesday’s DFL primary is also expected to win the Jan. 28 general election for the safe blue seat and end a 33-33 tie in the Minnesota Senate.

Polling places are open until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Doron Clark, who chaired the Senate 60 District for two years, is the DFL-endorsed candidate in the race. He works in the ethics department at Medtronic. Monica Meyer, the political director at Gender Justice, has also been endorsed by U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. And Peter Wagenius, the legislative and political director for Sierra Club Minnesota, has been endorsed by state Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Other candidates include Iris Grace Altamirano, who has held leadership positions at SEIU Local 26; Joshua Preston; Amal Karim and Emilio César Rodríguez.

The two Republican candidates are Abigail Wolters and Christopher Robin Zimmerman. Wolters, a software engineer, is endorsed by the Minneapolis Republican Party.