Episode 2965
Melissa Hortman
Sun, 2025-Jun-15 01:49 UTC
Length - 1:55
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With 1,180,118 views on Saturday, 14 June 2025 our article of the day is Melissa Hortman.
Melissa Anne Hortman (née Haluptzok; May 27, 1970 – June 14, 2025) was an American lawyer and Democratic–Farmer–Labor politician from Hennepin County, Minnesota. She represented the northern parts of the Twin Cities metropolitan area in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 until her assassination in 2025, serving as minority leader from 2017 to 2019 and the 61st Speaker of the House since 2019. During her tenure, she advocated for transportation, environmental, abortion rights, police reform, and gun control policies, and was the chief author of the state's solar energy standard.
On June 14, 2025, Hortman and her husband were assassinated in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The suspect was identified as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, who also allegedly attempted to assassinate Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in a related shooting the same day.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:49 UTC on Sunday, 15 June 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Melissa Hortman on Wikipedia.
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