ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and ...

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Elizabeth MacDonough was appointed to the role in 2012 by Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, Senate majority leader at the time.

The suspect remains at large while hundreds of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies conduct an intensive manhunt.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the House’s Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, who attended the University of Minnesota's law school with Hortman, said: “She was smart, savvy, strategic, kind, funny, brave, and determined.” ...

Sherrod Brown, 71, was born and raised in Mansfield. Before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Brown served in Congress, as Ohio secretary of state and in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Durbin, 80, is tied for the fifth-most senior member of the Senate, having been elected in 1996. Prior to that, Durbin represented Illinois in the House for 14 years. Among his top legislative ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who ran with Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election last year, said he will not seek a spot in the U.S. Senate, according to his spokesperson on Wednesday.