Minnesota Senator John Hoffman’s wife Yvette Hoffman threw herself in front of the couple's daughter to protect her after they were targeted in what is being referred to by Gov. Tim Walz as a 'politically motivated assassination' on June 14, family member Matt Oleg told KARE 11's A.J. Lagoe. Melissa Hortman, a Democratic representative in the state, and her husband, were killed in the attack.