As one news account summarized, “For a moribund party, Democrats in the span of 24 hours are showing some signs of life.”

After two weeks of successful power-sharing, the Senate will revert to a majority following Tuesday’s special election. The vacancy was created following the Dec. 28 death of Sen. Kate Dziedzic.

After two weeks of successful power-sharing, the Senate will revert to a majority after Tuesday’s special election

Minnesota Democrats captured the state’s coveted Senate majority after a blowout win in the state’s special election for District 60. Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee Doron Clark won in a landslide, 90.91% to Republican Abigail Wolters’s 8.71%.

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party will have a majority in the Minnesota Senate once again after their candidate won a special election in a Minneapolis district on Tuesday. Candidate Doron Clark held an overwhelming lead in election results late Tuesday in a DFL-dominated district.

Doron Clark won the special election for Senate District 60 with 90.9% of the vote on Tuesday beating Republican challenger Abigail Wolters for the seat. Clark’s win breaks a tie in the Minnesota Senate shifting control to Democrats.

DFLer Doron Clark was elected to the Minnesota Senate in a special election Tuesday for a heavily blue district covering northeast Minneapolis. The result officially breaks a 33-33 tie between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate.