A Brooklyn Park City Councilman is hoping to fill the seat left behind by the late Representative Melissa Hortman.

Brooklyn Park City Council Member Christian Eriksen will run for the Minnesota House seat formerly held by the late Speaker ...

Brooklyn Park City Council member Christian Eriksen announced on Monday through a Facebook post that he will be a potential ...

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman has been honored at a funeral where former President Joe Biden and Vice ...

Melissa Hortman chaired the chamber's energy policy committee and authored a law that remained one of her proudest ...

Representative Melissa Hortman at a swearing-in ceremony as House Speaker at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., in 2019. Tim Gruber for The New York Times ...

A Minnesota State Fire Marshal stands guard as DFL Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark Hortman, and their dog Gilbert lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol building on June 27, 2025 in St ...

The Hortmans were eulogized on Saturday as warm, caring people who were the same whether they were at the Capitol or at their ...

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband will lie in state after they were killed in what authorities called a political assassination.

Gilbert, Representative Melissa Hortman’s dog, is being honored at the State Capitol with Ms. Hortman and her husband, Mark. They were all killed in a shooting at their home this month.

Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris joined the more than 1,000 mourners at the service.