Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign

Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign
CandidateAmy Klobuchar
U.S. Senator from Minnesota (2007–present)
County Attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota (1999–2007)
AffiliationDemocratic Party
AnnouncedFebruary 10, 2019
SuspendedMarch 2, 2020
HeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota
Key peopleJustin Buoen (campaign manager)[1]
Julia Kennedy (deputy campaign manager)[1]
Michael Schultz (national finance director)[1]
Rosa Po (policy director)[2]
Nathan Nye (digital director)[2]
Carlie Waibel (national press secretary)[2]
Elise Convy (deputy national finance director)[2]
Sam Clark (special advisor)[2]
Jeff Blodgett (special advisor)[1]
Brigit Helgen (senior advisor)[2]
ReceiptsUS$28,950,479.25[3] (December 31, 2019)
SloganLet’s get to work (unofficial)
Website
Official website

The 2020 presidential campaign of Amy Klobuchar, the senior United States senator from Minnesota and former Hennepin County attorney, was formally announced on February 10, 2019, in Minneapolis. Prior to her announcement, Klobuchar had been discussed as a potential candidate for the office by multiple news publications.

Klobuchar pitched herself as a moderate choice within the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Her platform included investments in infrastructure, a public option for health insurance as a pathway to universal healthcare, ensuring election security, overturning the Citizens United ruling, protecting online consumers by requiring transparency of terms, and promoting agriculture to spur rural job growth. She opposed free four-year college tuition, a Green New Deal, or immediate single-payer healthcare as being unrealistic.

Klobuchar suspended her campaign on March 2, 2020, following poor results in the South Carolina primary and one day before Super Tuesday. She endorsed Joe Biden for the presidency.[4] Her failure to gain significant support among primary voters was attributed to competition with a large number of moderate competitors, a failure to attract nonwhite voters, and a lack of campaign funds.

  1. ^ a b c d "Klobuchar presidential campaign fills key positions". KSTP-TV. February 22, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Amy for America 2020 Presidential Campaign Announces Top Hires, Including her Campaign Manager, Deputy Campaign Manager, Iowa State Director". 4president.org. February 22, 2019. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Form 3P for Amy for America". docquery.fec.gov.
  4. ^ Corasaniti, Nick; Burns, Alexander (March 2, 2020). "Amy Klobuchar Drops Out of Presidential Race and Plans to Endorse Biden". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

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