Candidates have until July 22 to file for office in the special election for House District 34B in the Brooklyn Park area.

Brooklyn Park voters will vote to fill the vacant seat of Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was killed last month in a politically motivated assassination.

One month after Representative Melissa, her husband Mark, and their dog Gilbert were killed, people could start filing to fill her House seat. The first person to officially file was Erickson Saye. Saye said he is a prosecutor and community leader who has done a lot of work on civic engagement.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called a special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who authorities say was assassinated at her Twin Cities home​ in June.

Former and current Brooklyn Park City Council members Xp Lee and Christian Eriksen step forward in the race for the September special election set to fill House Seat 34B.

Funeral services for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark will be held Saturday morning at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis.

Brooklyn Park councilmember Christian Eriksen announced Tuesday he is running for the Minnesota House seat previously held by Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman.

One can only wonder what Melissa Hortman would have thought of Lee's posts, or about the larger social media discourse following her death.