Xp Lee won a special election in Minnesota on Tuesday to replace Melissa Hortman, the former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives who was assassinated in June. She was the top Democrat in the House.

Lee is a former city councilman of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, the Associated Press reported. He easily defeated his Republican opponent, a real estate agent, Ruth Bittner, winning 60.9% of the vote to Bittner’s 39.1% in a heavily Democratic district. He will now be the representative from Minnesota State House District 34B.