A showdown over a quorum in the Minnesota House of Representatives could be headed for recall petitions against DFL lawmakers who don't show up when the legislative session begins on Tuesday.

The Minnesota Legislature will kick off the 2025 legislative session on Tuesday. Or maybe not. Tight margins and historic acrimony between the two parties has cast uncertainty over who’s going to be in charge for the next two years and whether legislators can do any business at all pending a pair of special elections slated for late January.

Republicans in Minnesota are attempting to get the state Supreme Court to delay a special election that would likely end their temporary slim majority in the state House. When the new state legislature begins next week,

"Minnesotans voted for a tied House, and Democrats are ready to honor the will of the voters," Hortman stated. "This dispute can be resolved before session starts, but first Republican Leader Demuth needs to return to the negotiating table.”

Both the House and Senate are so closely divided that neither Republicans nor Democrats will have true control of either chamber when the session starts.

Hopes for bipartisan comity at the state Capitol this year — forced upon the Minnesota House by the voters, who sent 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans to the Capitol — are already crashing. House Democrats are mulling not showing up for the first two weeks of the legislative session to prevent the chamber from achieving a

After two special elections, the state House will likely be tied, and the Senate DFL will have a one-seat majority. Local lawmakers discuss what health issues could see bipartisan progress in 2025.

A lawsuit challenges a decision by Gov. Tim Walz to schedule a Jan. 28 special election after a November winner was deemed ineligible to take office in the House on Jan. 14.

Republicans argued Gov. Tim Walz called for a special election too early and asked for a halt ahead of the legislative session.

The Minnesota Legislature starts its 2025 session on Jan. 14. At that time, Republicans will have a 67-66 majority in the House and the Senate will be tied at 33-33. But the outcomes of the special elections may change who controls each chamber.

Minnesota state legislative session will be underway before special elections are held later in January to sort out vacant seats -- one in each chamber.

Mohamed Jama was one of eight DFL candidates currently running for the seat, which is a Minneapolis district that leans heavily left.