BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — As the nation comes to grips with the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, two candidates in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park are going door to door seeking to win a legislative seat left open by another political attack that killed a longtime state lawmaker and her husband.

The troubling political violence is a clear concern along Brooklyn Park’s tree-lined streets, where voters will head to the polls Tuesday to fill a state House seat left vacant by the fatal home-invasion assassination of their neighbor, Rep. Melissa Hortman. The Democrat was first elected in 2005 and served as Minnesota’s House speaker before her death in June.

Hortman, her husband and their dog were killed early on the morning of June 14 in their Brooklyn Park hom

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