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

A suspect is in custody after Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday, while state ...

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, who were targeted by a shooter on Saturday, were longtime members of ...

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

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

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

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

Colleagues described Representative Melissa Hortman as a skilled, conciliatory lawmaker who was at once steely and warm. Representative Melissa Hortman at a swearing-in ceremony as House Speaker ...

The attack has been condemned by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as “an unspeakable tragedy” and a “political assassination.” Walz described Hortman as “a great leader” and “the dearest of friends.” ...

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.

Before Representative Melissa ... Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, left a legislative chamber that had been evenly divided between the parties with a one-vote Republican ...

"The whole Republican Party is just one corruption machine," he wrote on Facebook in 2023. In 2009, Melissa Hortman wrote on his page, "I liked the profile picture with you and your wife : )" His ...