Two special elections for open seats in a Roseville House district and a Minneapolis Senate district have drawn a number of candidates with control of both chambers at stake. Last month a Ramsey County judge ruled that Curtis Johnson was ineligible to serve for the House District 40B seat he was elected to in November due to residency issues.

(Undated)--More than a dozen candidates are filing to run for two vacant seats in the Minnesota House and Senate. The pair of special elections will decide control of the state

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

Following the death of Sen. Kari Dziedzic, some Minnesotans will again go to the polls later this month to decide who should fill her Senate seat that for now remans vacant. FOX 9’s Soyoung Kim explains.