An existing power-sharing agreement reached last month will keep a Republican speaker in power in the state House.

A special election in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama to control the chamber will decide whether control will be tied between Democrats and Republicans, or if the GOP

The special election was held in a heavily Democratic district in the northern St. Paul suburbs of Roseville and Shoreview.

Democrat David Gottfried won the special election for a Twin Cities metro state House seat, returning the Minnesota House to a rare tie, according to unofficial results from the secretary of state's office.

Republicans in the Minnesota House lost a one-seat edge in the Capitol, where tensions over party dominance have simmered for weeks.