Senator Amy Klobuchar - Minnesota



Senator Amy Klobuchar has spent her life helping people and standing up for what is right, without fear or favor. She has never been afraid to take on the tough fights. She is an innovative leader with a proven record of championing new ideas and producing positive results for the people she represents. She is a public servant who puts the greater good of the many in front of the interests of the few.

Voting with hope and optimism, the people of Minnesota elected Klobuchar to the United States Senate in November 2006.

As Senator, Klobuchar is fighting for the values and priorities that Minnesotans care about. In her first year, Klobuchar has already established herself as a leader who is determined to seek constructive change for Minnesota and the nation. The views of Minnesotans are foremost in her work, and Klobuchar believes that spending time visiting local communities throughout the state is an essential part of her job. She has assembled a talented staff to help her serve Minnesotans with strong constituent services and advocacy from four regional offices in the state as well as from Capitol Hill.

Soon after being sworn in, Klobuchar began to put her mark on a range of important legislative initiatives – strengthening the ethics rules in Congress; expanding opportunities for the middle class; protecting American consumers’; promoting energy independence by tackling global climate change and advancing renewable energy resources. Klobuchar demonstrates that she is an effective leader who is willing to advance creative policies and work across partisan divides to shape a better future for Minnesota and the nation.

In the Senate, Klobuchar serves on four committees: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Environment and Public Works; Commerce, Science and Transportation; and the Joint Economic Committee.

Prior to her election to the Senate, Klobuchar served for eight years as the chief prosecutor for Minnesota’s largest county, including more than one million residents in Minneapolis and 45 suburban communities.

A native of Minnesota and the child of a newspaper columnist and an elementary schoolteacher, Klobuchar grew up in the Twin Cities suburb of Plymouth and attended public schools. She graduated from Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School. Klobuchar and her husband John have a 12-year-old daughter named Abigail.

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