Primary election held for candidates vying to fill Nicole Mitchell’s state senate seat in District 47

WOODBURY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — A special primary is underway as candidates battle for the Minnesota Senate seat once held by Nicole Mitchell in Woodbury.

The primary is for the DFL since there are two candidates: State Reps. Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger.

There is only one Republican running for the Senate District 47 seat, St. Paul teacher Dwight Dorau who ran against Mitchell in 2022, and he won’t face a primary challenger.

Mitchell, a Democrat, resigned in disgrace after being convicted of burglary in July.

She broke into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home in April 2024.

She will be sentenced on September 10.

The special election for the District 47 seat will be held on November 4.