Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar
United States Senator from Minnesota
Incumbent
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 (1960-05-25) May 25, 1960 (age 64) Plymouth, Minnesota
Political party	Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Spouse(s)	John Bessler ​ (m. 1993)​
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.

1. ↑ "Amy Klobuchar is being talked up as a 2020 contender who could 'bury' Trump after she won re-election in Minnesota". Business Insider. November 7, 2018. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
2. ↑ Tsukayama, Hayley (March 15, 2010). "Huffington Post names Klobuchar the smartest U.S. Senator". Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
3. ↑ Dizikes, Cynthia (May 20, 2009). "As state's only senator, Klobuchar gains sympathetic attention". MinnPost. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.