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Two Brooklyn Park city council members running for Rep. Hortman’s House seat
Two Brooklyn Park city councilmembers have launched campaigns to fill former Rep. Melissa Hortman’s House seat 34B in a ...
Washington Monthly1dOpinion
A Month After the Minnesota Shootings, We’re Normalizing Political Violence
Attempted assassinations and killings of judges and politicians used to shock the nation. Why political violence is now ...
House Democratic leaders call on GOP congressman to apologize over ‘unhinged, racist and Islamophobic’ attack on Ilhan Omar
Top House Democratic leaders condemned GOP Rep. Randy Fine and demanded that he apologize after the Florida lawmaker ...
Suspect in ‘politically motivated assassination’ of Minnesota Democratic House leader identified, officials say
Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, were shot and killed early Saturday morning in “what ...
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter5d
2026 Minnesota House Analysis: Will 2nd District Come Back in Play?
The political world in Minnesota is still reeling from the assassination of Melissa Hortman, the former Democratic speaker of ...
‘Who’s got next?’ Democrats already lining up for 2028 presidential race in early voting states
The voters in early presidential nominating states are used to seeing contenders months or even years before most of the ...
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Minnesota's slain Democratic leader had unique perspective on politics
State Rep. Melissa Hortman, 55, the House's Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday in her Minneapolis-area home along with her husband by someone posing as a law ...
Man charged with killing former Minnesota House speaker says he looks forward to ‘truth’ coming out
A man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband on June 14 says he's looking ...
Biden, Harris and Walz attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman
Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman has been honored at a funeral where former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended.
Takeaways from AP report on Democrats already lining up for the 2028 presidential race
Democrats' political jockeying for the 2028 presidential contest appears to be playing out earlier, with more frequency and with less pretense than ever before.