Amy Klobuchar | |
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United States Senator from Minnesota | |
Assumed office January 3, 2007 Serving with Tina Smith | |
Preceded by | Mark Dayton |
County Attorney of Hennepin County | |
In office 1999–2007 | |
Preceded by | Michael O. Freeman |
Succeeded by | Michael O. Freeman |
Personal details | |
Born | Amy Jean Klobuchar May 25, 1960 Plymouth, Minnesota |
Political party | Democratic–Farmer–Labor |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | Abigail Klobuchar Bessler |
Residence | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Alma mater | University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) Yale University (B.A.) |
Occupation | attorney |
Amy Jean Klobuchar (born May 25, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer. She is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota since 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first elected female senator from Minnesota and the second female senator in the state after Muriel Humphrey Brown.
She was a lawyer in Minneapolis until being elected county attorney for 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, becoming Minnesota's first elected female United States Senator, and was reelected in 2012 and 2018.[1] In 2009 and 2010, she was called a "rising star" in the Democratic Party.[2][3] In February 2019, she announced her candidacy for President of the United States in 2020.