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Amy Klobuchar
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 county attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota from 1999 to 2007. She is the Democratic nominee for governor of Minnes…
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2026· 50 entries
“I couldn’t imagine a more perfect way to wrap up a gorgeous Saturday in Fillmore County. If you’re in Lanesboro, you can’t miss The Scoop. Too many good options! 🍦 Thanks to Lanesboro Chamber Director Joe Goetzke for showing me the latest in Lanesboro!”
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“It was a beautiful day at Featherstone Farm outside Rushford, founded by Jack Hedin — who is running to represent Senate District 26 — and his wife Jenni. Lots of people, good will, AND Jack Hedin lawn signs! Check out the view!”
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“Great to be in Rochester this morning with Commissioner Dave Senjem and a group of local leaders who have been coming together for years to have breakfast and work to keep their community strong and get things done.”
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“Our economy — and the small towns that make Minnesota great — are made stronger by a vibrant tourism industry. Today at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro, I talked about how we build on that with Mayor Pearson and Lanesboro Chamber Director Joe Goetzke.”
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Published video “I visited Winona Health to talk about expanding Minnesota’s health care workforce”.
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“I visited Winona Health to talk about expanding Minnesota’s health care workforce. We need more doctors, nurses, clinicians, and medical technicians in every corner of the state so people don't have to drive hours to get health care.”
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“New Trump tariffs just went into effect. Now it’s 50% tariffs on Canadian goods. That means higher costs for small businesses, farmers, and all Minnesota families. Canada is Minnesota’s #1 trading partner. Minnesotans are paying for Trump’s chaos.”
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“Rural Minnesota needs more housing — housing that’s affordable and can be built quickly to meet the needs of families. In Detroit Lakes, I saw an example of what we can and should be doing more of across the state: manufactured homes.”
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Published video “Taking on fraud”.
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“The first plan I released as a candidate for Governor of Minnesota was taking on fraud – including a top-to-bottom audit of state government, strengthening criminal penalties, and creating a Do-Not-Pay database to automatically block anyone convicted of fraud from state contracts.”
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“8 million people lost their health care across the country over the last year because the Trump administration cut Medicaid and allowed the health care tax credit to expire.”
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Published video “8 million people lost their health care across the country”.
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“Less than a week until the best time of the year to be a Minnesotan: the State Fair! 🎡”
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Amy Klobuchar | Biography, Books, & Facts
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Published video “Trump’s health care cuts put hospitals like Winona at risk”.
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Published video “Rooting out fraud with a top-to-bottom audit of state government”.
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Published video “Alex Clark’s premium jumped 46%”.
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Washington Examiner: Klobuchar launches first ad promising to ‘root out the waste and the fraud’ as Minnesota governor
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Published video “It’s time for results, not excuses”.
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Published video “Yet another reason we need a full top-to-bottom audit of state government”.
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Published video “While others were just talking about fraud – I took action.”.
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Published video “Community Memorial in Cloquet”.
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Mshale: WATCH: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Questions Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Justin Hartley Wife (HEdnBjFRxM)
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InForum: Sen. Amy Klobuchar pitching state tax credit to lower premiums
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul: MN governor race: Amy Klobuchar live interview - FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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Yahoo: MN governor race: Amy Klobuchar live interview
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Star Tribune: Readers Write: Minneapolis budget, Lisa Demuth, Amy Klobuchar, Mike Lindell
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Audacy: Sen. Klobuchar unveils plan for a major healthcare overhaul amid bid for the governorship
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Quiver Quantitative: New Bill: Senator Amy Klobuchar introduces S. 5285: Visitable Inclusive Tax credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) Act
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fox21online.com: Amy Klobuchar looking forward to general election campaign for Governor of Minnesota
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Yahoo: Sen. Amy Klobuchar needs to tell us who she would name as her successor if she becomes governor
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Yahoo: Minnesota governor: Amy Klobuchar wins Democratic primary
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CNN: Amy Klobuchar promises to be a ‘transformative governor’ after primary win
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BBN Times: Amy Klobuchar Makes History as First Woman to Win DFL Nomination for Minnesota Governor
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Public attention spiked: 29,159 Wikipedia readers in one day, 23.8× the usual 1,224, with 11 article edits. Coverage that week: “New Bill: Senator Amy Klobuchar introduces S. 5285: Visitable Inclusive Tax credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) Act” (Quiver Quantitative).
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Voice of Alexandria: Lisa Demuth wins in GOP primary race for governor, will face Amy Klobuchar in November
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kaaltv.com: Sen. Klobuchar, Rep. Demuth react to primary win for governor
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10TV: Amy Klobuchar wins Democratic nomination for governor in Minnesota
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Valley News Live: Amy Klobuchar wins DFL primary for Minnesota governor
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Reuters: Minnesota Democrats choose Amy Klobuchar as nominee for governor
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The Mighty 790 KFGO: Amy Klobuchar comments on plans if elected governor, data centers, opponent Lisa Demuth
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Bring Me The News: Lisa Demuth takes Republican primary, faces Amy Klobuchar in November
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Newsweek: Amy Klobuchar, Lisa Demuth Set for Minnesota Governor Showdown
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The Times of India: 'LIAR TRUMP...': Amy Klobuchar’s SHOCK Iran Attack After Minnesota Win; Mike Lindell Dragged In
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AOL.com: Amy Klobuchar’s Win Lauded as ‘Historic’ By Minnesota Paper, Until History Was Repeated Hours Later By a Republican
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Public attention spiked: 7,405 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.1× the usual 1,224, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: External links seniority after Graham death
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Public attention spiked: 5,024 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 1,224, with 0 article edits.
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Klobuchar filed to run for governor of Minnesota after incumbent Tim Walz withdrew from the race
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Campaign: 2026 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
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2025· 3 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is one of the wealthiest women in America.” Not Enough $$.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Video authentically captures Senator Amy Klobuchar complaining that if Republicans have beautiful girls with perfect titties in their ads, Democrats ads for Democrats, too.” Senator Denies.
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A deepfake video of Klobuchar was published on Twitter and went viral
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2024· 8 entries
USA Today rated the claim “Image shows Amy Klobuchar with 'Defund the Police' protestors” Altered.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “An image shows Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison with "defund the police" signs” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, and Peggy Flanagan posed happily together with Defund the Police Protestors” Edited Photo.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “Photo shows Sen. Amy Klobuchar attended a meeting with people holding “DEFUND THE POLICE” signs.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Photo shows Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison posing at “Defund the Police” event.” False.
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Defeating Republican nominee Royce White
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Klobuchar won a fourth term
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Received the Distinguished Public Service Award from The American Legion
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2023· 2 entries
The Lugar Center ranked Klobuchar in the top fifth of senators for bipartisanship
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Career landmark: United States senator (2023).
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit, 1st class (2022).
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2021· 4 entries
Became the chair of the Senate Rules Committee
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Career landmark: United States senator (2021–2023).
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Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age was published, a sprawling, 624-page historical overview of antitrust law in the United States, up to the current regulatory issues facing Big Te
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Klobuchar received the Award for Distinguished Public Service from the Association of American Publishers
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2020· 10 entries
Campaign ended: 2020 presidential election; endorsed Joe Biden.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Amy Klobuchar declined to prosecute Derek Chauvin, the cop at the center of George Floyd's death” Not Amy's Case.
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It was reported that Biden asked several women, including Klobuchar, to undergo formal vetting for consideration as his vice-presidential running mate
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The day before Super Tuesday, Klobuchar suspended her campaign and endorsed Joe Biden
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Claimed: ““While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: ““The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”” — rated True by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"You have 64 public health mental health beds in the state of Iowa."” — rated Correct by PolitiFact.
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The New York Times editorial board endorsed Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren for president
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Campaign: 2020 presidential election.
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Klobuchar was speculated to be a possible candidate for secretary of agriculture or United States attorney general in the Biden administration
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2019· 4 entries
Claimed: “"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."” — rated True by PolitiFact.
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Klobuchar announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in the 2020 election; on March 2, 2020, she suspended her campaign and endorsed Joe Biden
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Klobuchar announced her candidacy in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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Career landmark: United States senator (2019–2021).
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Alfred E. Kahn Award (2018).
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Kavanaugh gave heated responses to Klobuchar's questions about whether he had ever experienced memory loss after consuming alcohol, for which he later apologized
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2017· 3 entries
With Bernie Sanders as the outreach chair
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Received the Arabella Babb Mansfield Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers and was chosen as the Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center at Iowa State Universit
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Career landmark: United States senator (2017–2019).
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2016· 2 entries
Received the Goodwill Policymaker Award from Goodwill Industries for her commitment to the nonprofit sector and leading the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act
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Was an early supporter of Hillary Clinton's second campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination
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2015· 4 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (2015–2017).
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Published an autobiography, The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland
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The National Consumers League honored Klobuchar with the Trumpeter Award for her work "on regulation to strengthen consumer product safety legislation, on ensuring a fair and competitive marketplace, and increasing acces
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For her efforts to protect vulnerable populations from violence, exploitation, and assault and to eliminate discrimination in the workplace
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2013· 3 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (2013–2015).
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Klobuchar received an award for her leadership in the fight to prevent sexual assault in the military at a national summit hosted by the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN)
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Received a Friend of CACFP award for her leadership in passing the Healthy Hunger Free Kids act and her efforts to set new nutrition standards for all meals served in the CACFP by the National Child and Adult Care Fo
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2012· 2 entries
Winning 85 of the state's 87 counties, before being reelected again in 2018
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Klobuchar received the Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award at a special Great Outdoors Week celebration presented by the American Recreation Coalition
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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2010· 1 entry
Rasmussen Reports indicated 67% of Minnesotans approved of the job she was doing
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2009· 2 entries
When Norm Coleman left the Senate following his defeat
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Career landmark: United States senator (2009–2011).
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2008· 1 entry
Klobuchar announced her endorsement of Senator Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential primary, promising her superdelegate vote to him
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2007–2009).
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2006· 2 entries
Klobuchar became an early favorite for the DFL nomination
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Succeeding Mark Dayton to become Minnesota's first elected female United States senator
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2005· 1 entry
And Klobuchar won the DFL endorsement on June 9, 2006
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2004· 1 entry
Klobuchar supported the presidential campaign of U
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2003· 1 entry
Klobuchar dealt with one of her highest-profile cases when the Hennepin County Attorney's Office brought several charges against former professional baseball player Kirby Puckett related to an alleged sex crime
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2002· 1 entry
Klobuchar spearheaded an effort that resulted in state laws being altered to allow felony charges to be brought against repeat drunk driving offenders
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2001· 2 entries
Minnesota Lawyer named her "Attorney of the Year"
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And Mothers Against Drunk Driving gave her a leadership award for advocating for successful passage of Minnesota's first felony DWI law
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2000· 3 entries
A successful appeal by Klobuchar lengthened by two days a sentence that a judge gave an immigrant defendant, which placed the defendant at a greatly increased risk of deportation
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“letting offenders off the hook too easily”
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“So what's the cost of the culture of corruption? Of people giving breaks to the oil companies and giving giveaways and Christmas presents to the drug companies and the insurance companies? The cost is $90 billion a year. There you go. Quantifiable.”
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: county attorney (1999–2007).
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1998· 2 entries
Running after Freeman declined to seek an additional term
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Making her responsible for all criminal prosecution in Minnesota's most populous county
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1994· 1 entry
When Freeman ran for Minnesota governor, pledging to drop out of the nonpartisan Hennepin County Attorney race if Freeman chose instead to seek reelection to that position
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1993· 1 entry
Klobuchar married John Bessler, a private practice attorney and a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law
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1986· 1 entry
Published Uncovering the Dome, a case study of the 10-year political struggle to build the Hubert H
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1985· 1 entry
Studied at University of Chicago Law School, Juris Doctor (1985).
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1982· 1 entry
Studied at Yale University, Bachelor of Arts (1982).
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-05-25.
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