House Speaker Lisa Demuth reflects on friendship across the aisle with Rep. Melissa Hortman

‘A woman with strength and experience’: Speaker Lisa Demuth mourns legislative counterpart, Melissa Hortman - Eden Prairie Local News

House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth, left, speaking during the annual Minnesota Chamber of Commerce dinner event on Jan. 5, 2023, as House Speaker Melissa Hortman looks on. Photo by Grant Erickson/Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Melissa Hortman became Minnesota Speaker of the House on Jan. 8, 2019,  the same day Lisa Demuth started in the Legislature.  “The first day when we were sworn in, she became speaker, and then gave her speech. I remember her…

Speaker Lisa Demuth remembers Hortman's strength, experience

Melissa Hortman became Minnesota Speaker of the House on Jan. 8, 2019,  the same day Lisa Demuth started in the Legislature.  “The first day when we were sworn in, she became speaker, and then gave her speech. I remember her pointing out her family specifically in the gallery, and mentioning them,” Demuth, R-Cold Spring, and the current House speaker said in an interview Monday. “And I don’t remember anything else she said. I just remember looki…

Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman leaves a legacy of love with service dogs

Before her death, Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman helped train service dogs for veterans. One veteran said her support gave him a second life.

House Speaker Lisa Demuth reflects on friendship across the aisle with Rep. Melissa Hortman

Lisa Demuth reflects on her partnership with Melissa Hortman after the tragic loss, highlighting their bipartisan achievements and future steps.

Remembering Melissa Hortman, Minnesota giant with humble beginning

Melissa Hortman will always be remembered as a giant in Minnesota politics and she’ll live forever in the memories of thousands of people whose lives she touched.

Demuth says this is ‘not a time for partisanship’ as the House processes loss of Hortman

The Minnesota House of Representatives is reeling from the loss of Rep. Melissa Hortman. Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth spoke with MPR News senior politics reporter Clay Masters about how she and the rest of the Legislature is processing the death of Hortman and what comes next.