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

Thousands lined up at the Minnesota State Capitol on Friday to pay their respects to the late Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman ...

Melissa Hortman's rise was notable for steady progression up the ranks built in large part on an ability to forge ...

The Minnesota Republican Party has hit out at protesters picketing their state headquarters in Edina on Monday to accuse it of inflaming political violence and hatred with irresponsible rhetoric ...

A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout leader and worked at her dad’s auto parts store. A mother and wife whose husband was killed alongside ...

Rep. Hortman, who served a six-year stint as House Speaker, was a longtime leader of the DFL caucus and one of Minnesota's ...

“Melissa Hortman is exactly the kind of person that Minnesotans want to have in elected office,” he said. “Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, ... of victories for Hortman’s party.

In 2024, Melissa Hortman wrote of her husband, "Happy 31st Anniversary, Mark Hortman! ... "The whole Republican Party is just one corruption machine," he wrote on Facebook in 2023.

Melissa Hortman and her husband seen at the Minnesota DFL Party Humphrey-Mondale Dinner on June 13, the evening before they were both shot and killed in a targeted attack.

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.

Hortman rose up quickly through the ranks of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, known as the DFL, serving in various leadership positions. Recognized as a skilled negotiator, she was elected House ...