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Amy Jean Klobuchar ( ; born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the from since 2007. A member of the (DFL), Minnesota's affiliate of the , she previously served as the . She announced for the for in the on February 10, 2019; on March 2, 2020, she suspended her campaign and endorsed .

Born in , Klobuchar is a graduate of and the . She was a partner at two law firms before being elected for Hennepin County in 1998, making her responsible for all in Minnesota's most populous county. Klobuchar was first elected to the Senate in , becoming Minnesota's first elected , and was reelected in and . In 2009 and 2010, she was described as a "rising star" in the Democratic Party.

Contents Early life and education Born in , Klobuchar is the daughter of Rose (née Heuberger) and . Her mother taught second grade until she retired at age 70.

Her father Jim, a retired sportswriter and columnist for the , is of descent; his grandparents were immigrants from 's region. His father was a miner on Minnesota's . Amy Klobuchar's maternal grandparents emigrated from to the United States.

Klobuchar's parents divorced when she was 15 years old. The divorce took a toll on the family; her relationship with her father was not fully restored until he quit drinking in the 1990s.

Klobuchar attended public schools in Plymouth and was at . She received her in political science in 1982 from . While at Yale, Klobuchar spent time as an intern for then-Vice President and former Senator . Her senior thesis, Uncovering the Dome, a 250-page history of the ten years of politics surrounding the building of the in Minneapolis, was published by Waveland Press in 1986. After Yale, Klobuchar enrolled at the , where she served as an associate editor of the and earned her magna cum laude in 1985.

Early career After law school, Klobuchar worked as a corporate lawyer. Before seeking public office, besides working as a prosecutor, Klobuchar was a partner at the Minnesota law firms and , where she specialized in "regulatory work in telecommunications law". Her first foray into politics came after she gave birth and was forced to leave the hospital 24 hours later, a situation exacerbated by the fact that Klobuchar's daughter, Abigail, was born with a disorder that prevented her from swallowing. The experience led Klobuchar to appear before the , advocating for a bill that would guarantee new mothers a 48-hour hospital stay. Minnesota passed the bill and President Clinton later made the policy federal law.

Klobuchar was first a candidate for public office in 1994 when she ran for Hennepin County attorney. But she had pledged to drop out if the incumbent, , got back in the race after failing to win the endorsement of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party for governor. Klobuchar quit the race in June 1994 and supported Freeman for reelection. He did not seek another term in 1998. Before running for office, Klobuchar was active in supporting DFL candidates, including Freeman in 1990. The county attorney election is nonpartisan, but Freeman, like Klobuchar, is a Democrat.

Klobuchar was elected attorney in 1998 and reelected in 2002 with no opposition. Minnesota Lawyer named her "Attorney of the Year". Klobuchar was President of the Minnesota County Attorneys Association from November 2002 to November 2003.

U.S. Senate Elections 2006Main article: In early 2005, after U.S. senator announced that he would not seek reelection, Klobuchar became an early favorite for the nomination for the . endorsed her on September 29, 2005, and Klobuchar won the DFL endorsement on June 9, 2006. She gained the support of the majority of DFL state legislators in during the primaries. A poll of DFL state delegates showed Klobuchar beating her then closest opponent, , 66% to 15%. In January Wetterling dropped out of the race and endorsed Klobuchar. Former Senate candidate and prominent lawyer , who was widely seen as a serious potential DFL candidate, indicated in early February that he would not enter the race; that was viewed as an important boost for Klobuchar.

In the general election Klobuchar faced candidate , candidate Robert Fitzgerald, candidate Ben Powers, and candidate Michael Cavlan. Klobuchar led in the polls throughout the campaign, and won with 58% of the vote to Kennedy's 38% and Fitzgerald's 3%, carrying all but eight of Minnesota's 87 counties. She is the first woman to be elected U.S. senator from Minnesota. (, the state's first female senator and former , was appointed to fill 's unexpired term and not elected.)

Amy Klobuchar's father, , and supporters campaigning for Klobuchar as U.S. senator, , July 4, 20122012Main article: Klobuchar won a second term in the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican State Representative by a margin of 35 percentage points (65.23% to 30.53%), carrying all but two counties.

2018Main article: Klobuchar ran for a third term and was reelected by a 24-point margin. The Republican nominee was state senator . The race was not seen as close, with Klobuchar outraising Newberger $9.9 million to $210,066 as of October 17. Klobuchar maintained a double-digit lead in the polls all autumn.

Tenure Female senators of the 110th Congress, Klobuchar standing, second from the rightA September 2009 poll found 58% of Minnesotans approved of the job Klobuchar was doing and 36% disapproved. On March 12, 2010, indicated 67% of Minnesotans approved of the job she was doing. The described her as a "rare politician who works across the aisle". said, "She has done better in that miserable Senate than most people there."

Klobuchar with and in in 2016At the end of the in late 2016, Klobuchar had passed more legislation than any other senator. In February 2017 she called for an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate ties between Russia and President and his administration. Concern about Trump's ties to Russia increased after reports that his campaign officials had repeated contact with senior Russian intelligence officials before the 2016 United States elections. Klobuchar had already signaled her interest in U.S.–Russia relations in December 2016 when she joined Republican senators and on a trip to the Baltic states and Ukraine. She maintained high approval ratings throughout 2017, with an April 2017 poll placing her approval rating at 72%. In October 2017 listed Klobuchar among the 10 senators with the highest approval ratings, and a November 2017 poll put her approval rating at 56%. An April 2019 Morning Consult poll found Klobuchar to be the third-most popular sitting senator, with a 58% approval rating and 26% disapproval rating, behind only Vermont senators and .

According to the Center for Effective Lawmaking, Klobuchar scored "above expectations" with respect to how successful she was at moving significant legislation in the 115th Congress (2017–18).

During the hearings in 2018, Kavanaugh gave heated responses to Klobuchar's questions about whether he had ever experienced , for which he later apologized.

In February 2019, reported that interviews with former staffers and reviews of emails indicated that Klobuchar frequently abused and humiliated her employees, requiring significant staff time to manage her ire. The article reported that other employees found her to be "fair and effective" and a good boss. reported that Klobuchar had the highest annual staff turnover rate of any senator—36%—between 2011 and 2016. A article alleged she had a reputation for mistreating her staff, with some staff alleging she was prone to bursts of cruelty. In response to the negative reports, 61 former staffers wrote an open letter praising Klobuchar, stating that she was a caring “mentor and friend” to them.

In the 115th Congress (Jan 2017 through Jan 2019), she was absent for 0.5% of votes, with two-thirds of the senators missing more votes. In the ongoing 116th Congress (Jan 2019–Jan 2021), during her campaign for President, she has so far missed 39.1% of votes, making her the 5th most absent member of the Senate.

Committee assignments In the , Klobuchar serves on the following standing committees:

In her first , the , Klobuchar was assigned to the following committees:

Caucus memberships Role in the Democratic Party On March 30, 2008, Klobuchar announced her endorsement of Senator in the , promising her vote to him. She cited Obama's performance in the Minnesota caucuses, where he won with 66% of the popular vote, as well as her own "independent judgment". In 2016 she was an early supporter of 's second campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Klobuchar has served as the chair of the since 2015. She became the Steering Chair of the community in 2017, with as Outreach Chair. Klobuchar and Sanders represented the Democratic Party in a 2017 televised debate on healthcare policy and the possible repeal of the on .

2020 presidential campaign Main article: Klobuchar (center) with her husband and daughter at her campaign announcement and named Klobuchar as one of the women most likely to become the first female , and and The New Yorker named her as a possible nominee to the .

On February 10, 2019, Klobuchar announced her candidacy in the . She has said that she uses humor as one way to distinguish herself among the many other Democratic candidates in the 2020 campaign.

On January 19, 2020, The New York Times editorial board endorsed Klobuchar and for president.

On March 2, 2020, the day before , Klobuchar suspended her campaign and endorsed .

On May 21, 2020, it was reported that Biden asked several women, including Klobuchar, to undergo formal vetting for consideration as his vice-presidential running mate.

Political positions Main article: Klobuchar's political positions have generally been in line with . She is on abortion, supports rights and the , and was critical of the . During the 115th Congress, she voted in line with President 's position on legislation 31.1 percent of the time.

According to , Klobuchar passed more legislation than any other senator by the end of the in late 2016. According to , as of December 16, 2018, she had sponsored or co-sponsored 111 pieces of legislation that became law.

Personal life In 1993, Klobuchar married , a private practice attorney and a professor at the . They have a daughter, Abigail Klobuchar Bessler, who graduated from Yale University and works as a legislative director for New York councilman . Klobuchar is a member of the .

Books External video , Klobuchar has written two books. In 1986, she published Uncovering the Dome, a case study of the 10-year political struggle to build the . In 2015, she published an autobiography, The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland.

Awards and honors Klobuchar in 2010Klobuchar has received numerous awards during her career. Minnesota Lawyer named her "Attorney of the Year" in 2001 and gave her a leadership award for advocating for successful passage of Minnesota's first felony DWI law. named her a 2008 "Best in Congress" for her efforts on behalf of working families, and named her a "woman to watch".

In 2012, Klobuchar received the Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award at a special Great Outdoors Week celebration presented by the American Recreation Coalition. She was one of the recipients of the Agricultural Retailers Association's 2012 Legislator of the Year Award, alongside Republican representative . In 2013, Klobuchar received an award for her leadership in the fight to prevent sexual assault in the military at a national summit hosted by the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN). Also in 2013 she received a Friend of CACFP award for her leadership in passing the Healthy Hunger Free Kids act and her efforts to set new nutrition standards for all meals served in the CACFP by the National (CACFP) Sponsors Association. Klobuchar and received the 2014 Friends of Farm Bureau Award from the Minnesota branch of the . She received the 's Congressional Justice Award in 2015 for her efforts to protect vulnerable populations from violence, exploitation, and assault and to eliminate discrimination in the workplace. Also in 2015 the honored Klobuchar with the Trumpeter Award for her work "on regulation to strengthen consumer product safety legislation, on ensuring a fair and competitive marketplace, and increasing accessibility to communications, specifically in the wireless space". In 2016, she received the Goodwill Policymaker Award from for her commitment to the nonprofit sector and leading the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act. In 2017 she received the Arabella Babb Mansfield Award from the and was chosen as the Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center at .

Health Klobuchar released four pages of medical documentation, including lab results and a letter from her doctor. The doctor reported that she was in “very good health.”

Electoral history Hennepin County Attorney 1998 Hennepin County Attorney electionPartyCandidateVotes%±Amy Klobuchar223,41650.3Sheryl Ramstad Hvass219,67649.42002 Hennepin County Attorney electionPartyCandidateVotes%±Amy Klobuchar380,63298.7Write-in4,8291.3U.S. Senate Note: The ±% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election.

2006 United States Senate Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary election in MinnesotaPartyCandidateVotes%± Amy Klobuchar 294,671 92.5 Darryl Stanton23,8727.5PartyCandidateVotes%± Amy Klobuchar 1,278,849 58.1% +9.2% 835,65337.9%-5.4%Robert Fitzgerald71,1943.2%-2.6% Michael Cavlan10,7140.5%n/aBen Powers5,4080.3%-0.1%Write-ins954Majority443,19620.2%2,202,77270.6% hold2012 United States Senate Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary election in MinnesotaPartyCandidateVotes%± Amy Klobuchar 183,766 90.8% Dick Franson6,8373.4%Jack Edward Shepard6,6323.3%Darryl Stanton5,1552.6% PartyCandidateVotes%±Amy Klobuchar (incumbent)1,854,59565.2+7.1Kurt Bills867,974 30.5-7.3Stephen Williams73,5392.6-0.6Tim Davis30,5311.1N/AMichael Cavlan13,9860.5N/AWrite-ins2,582Majority986,62134.6+14.4 2,843,207 holdPartyCandidateVotes%±Amy Klobuchar (incumbent)1,566,17460.3%-4.9Jim Newberger940,43736.2%+5.7Dennis Schuller66,236 2.6%+2.6Paula Overby23,1010.9%+0.9Majority625,73724.1%-10.52,595,948 holdSee also Footnotes External links Amy Klobucharat Wikipedia's Legal officesPreceded by of 1999–2007Succeeded by Party political officesPreceded by nominee for from () , ,Most recentPreceded by Chair of the 2015–2017Succeeded by Herself as Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering CommitteeSucceeded by

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