Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman were both shot

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24. Based on my research, I found only 1 sitting Republican Government official assassinated in the past 35+ years

That was a Borough Council Member in NJ. Eunice Dwumfour, a member of the borough council of Sayreville, New Jersey, was assassinated on February 1, 2023. The murderer was Rashid Ali Bynum, a resident of Portsmouth, Virginia, who was a former resident of Sayreville and had been a member of the Fire Congress Fellowship, a religious organization with offices near Sayreville that Dwumfour helped to lead. The murder seemed to revolve around the religious organization they were both members of.

During that same time frame, at least 5 sitting Democratic Government Officials have been assassinated.

Melissa Hortman, Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2025
James E. Davis, New York City Councilman in 2003
J. Christopher Stevens, Ambassador to Libya in 2012
Clementa C. Pinckney, Member of the South Carolina Senate in 2015
Bill Gwatney, Chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, Former member of the Arkansas Senate in 2008

In the 1960's there were 5 major political assassinations. All those assassinated were on the left side of the political spectrum: John F. Kennedy, Malcom X., Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy & Medger Evers.

Recent history as well longer term shows Democrats & the "Left" have been far more likely to be killed by political violence than Republicans.