Amy
Klobuchar

Who they are, where they came from

Amy Klobuchar serves as the senior United States Senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since January 2007. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Minnesota's affiliate of the Democratic Party. Before entering the Senate, she served as county attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota. Her Senate legislative work spans elections and voting administration, antitrust and competition policy, agriculture, workforce development, child care, and public health. She sponsored the Freedom to Vote Act (S.1 and S.2344), legislation addressing federal election procedures, and the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2025 (S.130), which would amend federal antitrust statutes. She also sponsored the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025 (S.232), targeting pricing algorithm practices. In the areas of workforce and education, she sponsored the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act (S.756), the Apprenticeships to College Act (S.758), and the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025 (S.169). Agriculture-focused legislation includes the Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025 (S.1021) and the Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act (S.1073). She sponsored the Youth Mental Health Research Act (S.1266) and the Rebuild America's Health Care Schools Act of 2025 (S.1087) on health issues, as well as the SMART Prices Act (S.1264), addressing prescription drug pricing. Among enacted legislation, she sponsored a bill designating the bald eagle as the national bird (S.4610), a bill extending Federal Election Campaign Act administrative provisions (S.2747), and a bill addressing security of Senate office space (S.3222). She has announced a candidacy for governor of Minnesota in the 2026 election.

What they’ve done lately

Where the campaign funds come from

Klobuchar raised $2.5M this cycle, with 62.7% from individuals and 6.3% from PACs; the largest share of receipts — 26.5% — came from other sources. The two largest PAC contributors are joint fundraising committees: THE KLOBUCHAR VICTORY COMMITTEE ($437,726) and AMY KLOBUCHAR VICTORY COMMITTEE ($199,965); additional PAC contributors include AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, FARM CREDIT COUNCIL PAC, MINNESOTA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, and WHEATPAC. Top employer concentrations among itemized donors include MARQUIS ENERGY, INC., GENERAL MILLS, TARGET, MEDTRONIC, and HUBBARD BROADCASTING INC. Among individual contributions, 44.5% were unitemized small-dollar contributions.