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.

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark Hortman and their dog Gilbert laid in state in the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda on Friday, June 27. Several mourners brought their dogs with them to pay their respects.

Candidates have until July 22 to file for office in the special election for House District 34B in the Brooklyn Park area.

Melissa Hortman chaired the chamber's energy policy committee and authored a law that remained one of her proudest legislative achievements: boosting solar energy in the state.

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will lie in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday as her suspected killer is scheduled to appear in court

The article Special Election Set After MN Rep. Melissa Hortman’s Killing; Primary Planned for August appeared first on Maple Grove Patch. ST. PAUL, MN — A special election will be held this fall to fill the Minnesota House District 34B seat left vacant by the killing of State Rep. Melissa Hortman, officials announced Friday.

Vance Luther Boelter was indicted on 6 federal charges for killing Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband; his FBI confession letter has gone viral.

Melissa was not just a legislator. She was a builder of futures. She built bridges across ideologies, across communities, and through difficult moments. She believed in progress not as rhetoric, but as responsibility;