In House District 3A in Central and Northeastern Minnesota, DFLer Rob Ecklund comfortably won a special election to fill the seat vacated by the death of former Representative David Dill. Ecklund, a Koochiching County Commissioner from International Falls, received 63.9% of the vote. Republican Roger Skraba, a former Ely Mayor, received 19.5% and Independent Kelsey Johnson received 15.5% of the vote.
District 3A is the State’s largest House district and includes all of Koochiching County, most of Lake County outside of Two Harbors and the northern third of St. Louis County. Representative Dill died of cancer in August after representing District 3A for 12 years.
Ecklund, an employee of Boise Paper in International Falls, will fill the remainder of Dill’s term through 2016.
