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Melissa Hortman: Once a teenager with a job making burritos, she became a powerful MN lawmaker who trained service dogs
Melissa Hortman’ s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply ...
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Political Bloodshed Rocks Minnesota, Raleigh Native Mark Hortman and State Rep. Melissa Hortman Gunned Down, Community in Mourning
Raleigh native Mark Hortman and wife, lawmaker Melissa Hortman, were fatally shot in a suspected political attack in ...
'It's just tragic': Former Iowa state senator mourns loss of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman
Former Iowa State Sen. Rob Hogg said he is heartbroken over the death of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman. Hortman and ...
Assassinated Rep. Melissa Hortman leaves legacy as unflashy leader who ‘got the job done’
From the wooden dais in the Minnesota House, then-Speaker Melissa Hortman presided two years ago over what many called the most consequential legislative session in recent history. She helped ...
'We're not intimidated': Minnesota AG Ellison reacts to death of 'dear friend' state Rep. Hortman
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison provides updates on the ongoing manhunt for a man accused of shooting and killing ...
Minnesota lawmakers shot in their homes, suspect posed as officer, governor says
Democratic Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, and House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman were injured in what the governor ...
Melissa Hortman, shepherd of Legislature’s historic 2023 session, called House Democrats’ ‘captain’
But there was a caring, apolitical gracefulness as well to Hortman, colleagues said. Garofalo said that in the days after the ...
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Minnesota assassination suspect charged in attack on lawmakers: Live updates
Officials say Vance Luther Boelter surrendered to police in a wooded area near his home. He faces multiple charges in a targeted attack on lawmakers.