Minnesota Midday: 1st District Race, Spring Lake Park Tie and Hortman Highway

Minnesota's 1st District: Johnson leads Finstad by 323 votes

Democrat Jake Johnson, a Rochester math teacher, leads Republican Rep. Brad Finstad by 323 votes in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District in unofficial results. Johnson declared victory; Finstad has not conceded. Minnesota does not order automatic…

✔ Sources: FOX 9, MPR News

Spring Lake Park mayor's race ends in a tie

Robert Nelson and Halyn Roth each received 1,401 votes in the Spring Lake Park mayor's race in unofficial results, with all three precincts reporting. The City Council will canvass the results Monday at 5:30 p.m. If the race is still tied, Minnesota law…

✔ Sources: CBS News Minnesota, KSTP

Highway 610 renamed Hortman Memorial Highway

Gov. Tim Walz dedicated Highway 610 as the Hortman Memorial Highway at a Thursday-morning ceremony, honoring the late Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. The 12-mile route runs from Highway 10 in Coon Rapids to Interstate 94 in Maple Grove. Lawmakers…

✔ Sources: KSTP, FOX 9

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