Amy Klobuchar Politician

Amy Jean Klobuchar (/ˈkloʊbəʃɑr/, born May 25, 1960) is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to be elected as a senator for Minnesota and is one of twenty female senators serving in the 113th United States Congress.She previously served as the county attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota, the most populous county in Minnesota. She was a legal adviser to former Vice President Walter Mondale. She has been named by The New York Times as one of the seventeen women most likely to become the first female President of the United States, and by MSNBC as a possible nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Personal facts

Amy Klobuchar
Birth dateMay 25, 1960
Birth place
Plymouth Minnesota
Religion
United Church of Christ
Education
University of Chicago Law School
Yale College
Spouse
John Bessler

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Office holder

associate
officeCounty Attorney of Hennepin County
party
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
successor

Amy Klobuchar on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/senate/klobuchar
  2. http://www.amyklobuchar.com
  3. http://www.klobuchar.senate.gov