Amy Klobuchar

Amy Jean Klobuchar ( KLOH-bə-shar; born May 25, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer who is the governor-elect of Minnesota. Since 2007, she has served as a United States senator from Minnesota. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minnesota's affiliate of the Democratic Party, she served from 1999 to 2007 as county attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Born in Plymouth, Minnesota, Klobuchar graduated from Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School. She was a partner at two Minneapolis law firms before being elected county attorney of Hennepin County in 1998, making her responsible for all criminal prosecution in Minnesota's most populous county. Klobuchar was first elected to the Senate in 2006, succeeding Mark Dayton to become Minnesota's first elected female United States senator. She became Minnesota's senior senator in 2009, when Norm Coleman left the Senate following his defeat. She was reelected by a landslide in 2012, winning 85 of the state's 87 counties, before being reelected again in 2018. Klobuchar's political positions align with modern liberalism. She has focused on healthcare reform, consumer protection, abortion rights, agriculture, and climate change.
On February 10, 2019, Klobuchar announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election; on March 2, 2020, she suspended her campaign and endorsed Joe Biden. In 2021, she became the chair of the Senate Rules Committee. She was reelected to a fourth Senate term in 2024, defeating Republican nominee Royce White. In January 2026, she announced her candidacy for governor of Minnesota after incumbent Governor Tim Walz withdrew from the race. She won the DFL nomination and defeated Republican nominee Lisa Demuth in the general election, becoming the first woman elected governor of Minnesota.

Born, in its opening lines

May 25, 1960

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Described as

American politician and lawyer (born 1960)

Other names

Amy Jean Klobuchar, Sen. Klobuchar, Senator Klobuchar, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Senator Amy Klobuchar

Born

May 25, 1960 · 1 reference

Born in

Plymouth

Name at birth

Amy Jean Klobuchar · 1 reference

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

politician · 3 references; lawyer · 2 references; autobiographer · 1 reference; jurist · 2 references; writer; prosecutor · 1 reference

Positions held

county attorney (1999–2007) · 1 reference; United States senator (2007–) · 1 reference

Political party

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party; Democratic Party · 1 reference

Worked for

Dorsey & Whitney; Gray Plant Mooty

Education

Wayzata High School · 1 reference; Yale University (–1982) · 1 reference; University of Chicago Law School (–1985) · 1 reference; Jonathan Edwards College

Awards

Alfred E. Kahn Award (2018); Order of Merit, 1st class (2022) · 1 reference

Field

politics · 1 reference; law · 1 reference

Spouse

John Bessler (1993–) · 1 reference

Father

Jim Klobuchar · 1 reference

Religion

Congregational churches · 1 reference

Lived in

Minneapolis · 1 reference

Website

https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/; https://amyklobuchar.com/

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49

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