A special election Tuesday will select the next District 3 commissioner for the Ramsey County Board.

Joshua Bau and Garrison McMurtrey are vying to represent District 3, which includes Falcon Heights and several of St. Paul’s northern neighborhoods, including Payne-Phalen, the North End, South Como, Como Park, Frogtown, Hamline-Midway and St. Anthony Park.

The District 3 seat has been vacant since the departure of Commissioner Trista Martinson in August. Martinson, whose original term expired at the end of 2026 and who had served as board chair starting in 2022, left the board to lead Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy. Martinson had represented the district since 2019.

Absentee voting for the District 3 seat began late December. Voters can find their polling location on the secretary of state’s website at pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us.

Results for the race will be posted on the Ramsey County website once polls close at 8 p.m.

Those results are available at ramseycounty.us/residents/elections-voting/information-reference/election-results.

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