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Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'

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Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot to death early Saturday in their suburban Brooklyn Park home.

Hortman helped pass liberal initiatives like free lunches for public school students in 2023 .

She helped break a budget impasse threatening to shut down state government.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar : "She was a woman that I wish everyone around the country knew".

Melissa Hortman’s earliest jobs didn’t suggest that she’d become a power in Minnesota politics.

The earliest job listed on her LinkedIn profile, when she was 16 , was as a cook and cashier at a restaurant.

Hortman was part of a committee in 2005 considering whether Minneapolis should submit a bid to host the Summer Olympics .

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86

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56

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semi-formal

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English

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58

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short-lived

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