But there was a caring, apolitical gracefulness as well to Hortman, colleagues said. Garofalo said that in the days after the ...

Minnesota GOP leader slams activists for ‘too soon’ protest against violent rhetoric outside of party’s state headquarters - ...

Their reason was to push back, they said, on violence and hate in light of the assassination of former speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman was more than just the state House’s top Democrat, according to those who knew her. ...

Hortman led House Democrats through some of the most difficult and consequential political times in recent Minnesota history.

Hortman, who was fatally shot early Saturday, was known as a champion of deeply progressive causes but also someone willing ...

Lawmakers and officials, both local and national, are issuing statements expressing shock and outrage over the shooting deaths​ of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman​ and her husband.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — In the fall of 1998, a young attorney named Melissa Hortman made her first run for public office.

Mark Hortman was shot and killed on June 14 alongside his wife, former House Speaker Melissa Hortman, in the family's ...

The legislators were longtime members of the Minnesota's DFL party. State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, who were targeted by a shooter on Saturday, were longtime members of ...