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  1. Amy Jean Klobuchar ( / ˈkloʊbəʃɑːr / KLOH-bə-shar; born May 25, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007.

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    Klobuchar was born in Plymouth, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Rose Katherine (née Heuberger) and James John "Jim" Klobuchar, a columnist for the Star Tribune. Klobuchar was a valedictorian at Wayzata High School. She received her B.A. degree in political science in 1982 from Yale University. During her time at Yale, Klobuchar spent time as an i...

    Klobuchar was elected Hennepin County attorney in 1998, and reelected in 2002. In 2001 Minnesota Lawyer named her "Attorney of the Year".Klobuchar was President of the Minnesota County Attorneys Association from November 2002 to November 2003.

    In early 2005, Senator Mark Dayton announced that he would not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate. She was seen as a favorite for the DFL nomination for the 2006 election. In the general election, Klobuchar faced Republican candidate Mark Kennedy. On March 30, 2008, Klobuchar announced her endorsement of Senator Barack Obama in the Democratic pres...

    On February 6, 2019, Klobuchar announced on her Twitter that she will announce her candidacy for President of the United States on February 10 in Minneapolis. On February 10, 2019, Klobuchar announced that she is running for President in the 2020 United States presidential election. Klobuchar's allegedly harsh treatment of her Senate staff received...

    In 1993, Klobuchar married John Bessler. They have a daughter. She is a member of the United Church of Christ. In September 2021, she announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancerseven months before.

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  2. About Amy. Print. Senator Klobuchar, joined by her family, is sworn into her second term in the U.S. Senate by Vice President Joe Biden. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar is the first woman elected to represent the State of Minnesota in the United States Senate. Throughout her public service, Senator Klobuchar has always embraced the values she ...

  3. Amy Jean Klobuchar is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minnesota's affiliate of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the county attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota.

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  5. Feb 18, 2020 · Eight things to know. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota's three-term senior U.S. senator, announced Feb. 10, 2019, that she is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

  6. Mar 19, 2020 · Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the presidential race on March 2, 2020. This page is no longer being updated. Who is Amy Klobuchar? 59 years old. Born in Plymouth, Minn.; lives in Minneapolis...

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