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Melissa Hortman, Minnesota and House Speaker
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Candidates have until July 22 to file for office in the special election for House District 34B in the Brooklyn Park area.
Brooklyn Park voters will vote to fill the vacant seat of Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was killed last month in a politically motivated assassination.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called a special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who authorities say was assassinated at her Twin Cities home in June.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — One month after Representative Melissa, her husband Mark, and their dog Gilbert were killed, people could start filing to fill her House seat. The first person to officially file was Erickson Saye.
Two Brooklyn Park city councilmembers have launched campaigns to fill former Rep. Melissa Hortman’s House seat 34B in a special election set for Sept. 16. Former Brooklyn Park City Council member
Brooklyn Park councilmember Christian Eriksen announced Tuesday he is running for the Minnesota House seat previously held by Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman.
Vance Luther Boelter was indicted on 6 federal charges for killing Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband; his FBI confession letter has gone viral.
Funeral services for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark will be held Saturday morning at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis.
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