DFL Gov. Tim Walz called a special election for a vacant House seat in the Roseville area too early and must choose a later date, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that will extend Republicans’ advantage in a power struggle with Democrats in the House by granting them another month with a one-seat majority.

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the special election for a metro House race later this month, finding Gov. Tim Walz set the date before state law requires.

The Minnesota Supreme Court voided Gov. Tim Walz’s decision to hold a special election Jan. 28 for a Roseville-area seat in the state House, saying he called it prematurely. In a five-page order issued late Friday afternoon,

The high court ruling means a special election scheduled for Jan. 28 will be canceled and Walz must issue a new writ of special election.

Trump tapped Waltz, a House lawmaker and former Green Beret, in the fall to serve as his national security adviser.

Voters in parts of northeast Florida will be able to cast an early, in-person ballot this weekend in the special election to fill the seat of Congressman Michael Waltz. Waltz is resigning effective Monday,

State Sen. Randy Fine, R-Brevard County, is resigning effective March 31 from the Senate as he runs in a special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, who was named national security adviser by President Donald Trump.

Gov. Tim Walz is urging lawmakers to end a power struggle that has disrupted the first week of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session

By Matt Sepic and Clay Masters, Minnesota Public Radio News BThe state Supreme Court Friday sided with Republicans in a lawsuit over the timing of a special election that could determine control of the Minnesota House,

Democrats, torn nationally between progressive and moderate wings of the party, will have a similar choice in the Jan. 28 special primary election for U.S. House in Florida's 6th District.

Without an agreement between House GOP leader Lisa Demuth -- speaker of the House in the eyes of the GOP members -- and former DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman, the boycott likely will not end, despite a DFL victory in court or at the ballot in Roseville.

If the Minnesota House was a tennis match, what has happened to the once-majority DFL caucus would be described as unforced errors. It was the voters in a handful of districts that turned their four-seat majority into a 67-67 seat tie with Republicans.