Amy Klobuchar
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Amy Jean Klobuchar (born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota.
She served as the Hennepin County Attorney, as a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Labor Party, Minnesota's Democratic Party affiliate.
In the 2020 race, she is vying for President of the United States by voting for the Democratic nomination. Klobuchar was born in Plymouth, Minnesota, and a graduate of Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School.
She was a partner at two Minneapolis law firms before being named county attorney for Hennepin County in 1998, making her responsible for all criminal charges in Minnesota's most populated county.
Klobuchar was first elected to the Senate in 2006, becoming Minnesota's first elected female senator, and re-elected in 2012 and 2018.
She was dubbed a "rising star" in the Democratic Party in 2009 and 2010.
Early life and education
Klobuchar, a native of Plymouth, Minnesota, is the niece of Rose (née Heuberger) and Jim Klobuchar. She lived in second grade until she retired at the age of 70. Jim, a retired sports writer and columnist for the Star Tribune, was of Slovene descent.
When she was 15, Klobuchar's parents divorced. The divorce took a toll on the family; her relationship with her father was not fully restored until he stopped drinking in the 1990s.
She attended public schools in Plymouth and was valedictorian at Wayzata High School, where she was also class treasurer and secretary. In 1982, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Yale University. Klobuchar spent time as an intern for then-Vice President and former Senator Walter Mondale while at Yale. Uncovering the Dome, a 250-page history of the ten-year fight over the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome's construction in Minneapolis, was published by Waveland Press in 1986. Klobuchar enrolled at Yale Law School, where she served as an assistant editor for the University of Chicago Law Review and received her Juris Doctor magna laude in 1985.
Personal life and family
Klobuchar married John Bessler, a private practice lawyer and a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, in 1993. They have a daughter who graduated from Yale University and worked as a legislative assistant for New York councilman Keith Powers.
Klobuchar is a descendant of singer Zola Jesus and is a member of the United Church of Christ.
Klobuchar announced in September 2021 that she had been diagnosed with Stage 1A breast cancer in February 2021, that she had undergone a fruitful lumpectomy, and that she had started a course of radiation therapy in May. Her doctors found that the therapies had all been successful and she was cancer-free in August.
Klobuchar's grandparents were immigrants from Slovenia's White Carniola region. Her paternal grandfather was a miner on Minnesota's Iron Range. Amy's maternal grandparents immigrated from Switzerland to the United States.
Early career
Klobuchar began as a corporate lawyer after law school. Klobuchar, besides practicing as a prosecutor, was a partner with the Minnesota law firms Dorsey & Whitney and Gray Plant Mooty, where she concentrated on "regulatory work in telecommunications law" before seeking public office. Abigail, Klobuchar's daughter, was born with a defect that prevented her from swallowing, making her first foray into politics. Klobuchar was prompted to testify before the Minnesota State Legislature, arguing for a bill that would guarantee new mothers a 48-hour hospital stay. Minnesota passed the bill, but President Clinton later signed the policy federal law.
Klobuchar ran for governor of Hennepin County in 1994, becoming the first female candidate for public office. However, she had promised to drop out if the incumbent, Michael Freeman, came back to the party after losing the endorsement of the Minnesota Democratic–Labor (DFL) Party for governor after struggling to gain the endorsement of the Minnesota Democratic–Labor (DFL) Party. Klobuchar resigned in June 1994 and favoured Freeman for reelection. Klobuchar was instrumental in assisting DFL candidates, including Freeman in 1990, long before running for office. The county attorney general election is nonpartisan, but Freeman, like Klobuchar, is a Democrat.
Klobuchar was elected as the Hennepin County attorney in 1998 (Freeman resigned after another term) and was reelected in 2002 with no opposition. "Attorney of the Year" was a Minnesota lawyer's nickname. Klobuchar served as President of the Minnesota County Attorneys Association from November 2002 to November 2003. Klobuchar was blamed for a lack of police accountability during her tenure, including a lawsuit involving Derek Chauvin, who was later found guilty of murdering Floyd. The case was not announced until after she departed from office.