India, June 14 -- Melissa Hortman was an American politician and longtime member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 34B in the northern Twin Cities metro area. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), she served as Speaker of the House from 2019 to 2025 and currently holds the role of DFL Leader, according to the Minnesota Legislature Reference Library.

Born on May 27, 1970, in Fridley, Minnesota, Melissa Hortman was raised in Anoka County and graduated from Blaine High School in 1988. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy, magna cum laude, from Boston University in 1991. Hortman later completed her Juris Doctor, cum laude, at the University of Minnesota Law S...