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Close friend and former state lawmaker on murder of Minnesota State Rep. Hortman
The suspect in the Minnesota shootings targeting two lawmakers and their spouses is in court today. Former State ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in ‘targeted’ attack, search for gunman underway
A manhunt is underway in Minnesota for a gunman who shot and killed a state representative and wounded a senator in what ...
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 ...