A teenager with a job making burritos became a powerful Minnesota lawmaker who trained service dogs
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In this photo from 2022, provided by Helping Paws of Eden Prairie, Minn., state Rep. Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, poses with Gilbert, a golden retriever trained to be a service dog but eventually adopted by the Hortman family, at a training facility in Hopkins, Minnesota. (Helping Paws via AP)FILE - State Rep. Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, smiles during the nomination process before she was elected speaker of the Minnesota House as the 2019 Legislature convened, in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)A makeshift memorial for Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark is seen at the state Capitol, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
In this photo from 2022, provided by Helping Paws of Eden Prairie, Minn., state Rep. Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, poses with Gilbert, a golden retriever trained to be a service dog but eventually adopted by the Hortman family, at a training facility in Hopkins, Minnesota. (Helping Paws via AP)
