In her ruling Tuesday morning, Perzel determined that the election in Shakopee is not invalid, and Tabke "remains the candidate with the most votes legally cast in the 2024 General Election."

DFL State Rep. Brad Tabke's narrow victory in the Shakopee-area Minnesota House race stands, a judge ruled Tuesday, but Republicans are still threatening not to seat him in an effort to control the House over the next two years.

State Rep. Brad Tabke, a DFL Minnesota House incumbent who narrowly won reelection, should be able to begin a new term, a judge ruled Tuesday — despite a GOP election challenge centering on a pool of ballots that were cast but never counted.

In her ruling, Scott County Judge Tracy Perzel denied the GOP's request, writing, "There is no basis in fact of law for holding a special election."

A state judge has ruled against the Minnesota Republican Party’s request to nullify the election of DFL candidate Brad Tabke to the Minnesota House of Representatives. In the November 2024 election, Tabke defeated GOP candidate Aaron Paul by just 14 votes in House District 54A but the Republican Party challenged the result after it was discovered that 21 property filed absentee ballots could not be filed.