ST. PAUL — One of the Minnesota lawmakers cited for making out with a fellow Republican legislator in a public park said Thursday that she wants to move past the incident, which she refused to discuss in detail, and that she’s still considering whether to run for re-election next year.

Rep. Tara Mack returned to the Capitol for an interim hearing on health care issues and made her first public remarks since she and Rep. Tim Kelly were cited by a Dakota County park ranger for making out inside a car. The ranger wrote in his notes that Mack’s pants were pulled down.

As the details of that citation trickled out, Mack and Kelly, who are each married to other people, called it a lie and vowed to lodge a complaint against the ranger. The pair later paid the $260 fines and eventually issued a broad apology to the law enforcement community for the episode.

Mack declined to discuss the specifics of the Aug. 25 incident, but she said she still disagrees with some of the ranger’s account. She said she and her husband are still deciding whether she will run for a fifth term.

“It’s been a really difficult couple of weeks for me and my family,” the Apple Valley Republican said. “I’m focused on moving forward.”