Vance Boelter allegedly claimed he had been “approached” by Gov. Tim Walz and ordered to kill the state’s two U.S. senators because “Tim wants to be senator.”

Former and current Brooklyn Park City Council members Xp Lee and Christian Eriksen step forward in the race for the September special election set to fill House Seat 34B.

Rep. Hortman served as the top House Democratic leader beginning in 2017 before spending six years as speaker, starting in 2019.

The special election to fill House District 34B in Anoka and Hennepin Counties will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.

The Brooklyn Park City Council discussed ways to honor late Minnesota representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark after they were shot and killed last month.

A man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband on June 14 says he's looking forward to the facts coming out.

Hortman represented House District 34B, a district that includes Brooklyn Park, as well as parts of Champlin and Coon Rapids.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A special election will be held in September to fill the Minnesota House seat once held by Representative Melissa Hortman. Rep. Hortman was shot dead in her Brooklyn Park home last month.